Most ciliates (e.g., Tetrahymena, Oxytricha, and Paramecium) take a central place in food webs as planktonic predators of microorganisms [1]. Some species are (facultatively) sessile, …

Ciliophora, commonly called ciliates, is a group of protists within the superphylum Alveolata [37] that are characterised by the presence on their cell surface of hair-like organelles called cilia, …

Ciliates of the family Strobilidiidae Kahl in Doflein & Reichenow, 1929 are mostly small to medium-sized, spheroid to conoid in shape, and are characterized by the possession of somatic …

Oct 1, 2017 · Abundance, species diversity and, although not directly measured, FD of ciliates were higher in a turbid glacial lake than in an alpine clear water lake, and the abundance of …

Ciliates are a large class of complex-single celled organisms which have colonized many ecological niches and include more than 8000 species divided into two subphyla and 11 …

Ciliates were found in Simulium tuberosum larvae and in the larval, pupal, and adult stages of Simulium venustumn. Hosts typically harbored around 10 ciliates, a number far less than …

Ciliates (particularly peritrichs and suctorians) are the most speciose group (Figure 2, Table S2); however, their apparent predominance may be the result of observational bias. The epibiotic …

May 1, 2024 · The community structure of pelagic ciliates (including aloricate ciliates and tintinnids) exhibited unique variations in different transects (Fig. 4). Regarding aloricate …

Jun 8, 2020 · Anaerobic lineages in the unicellular eukaryotic group Ciliophora (i.e., the ciliates) represent a unique opportunity to investigate the transition to, and evolution of, an anaerobic …

Oct 1, 2020 · Herbivorous ciliates are a common group of grazers that invade microalgal cultures (Day et al. 2017) and ciliate growth rates are very high compared to those of microalgae. As a …