The peritrichs (Latin: Peritrichia) are a large and distinctive group of ciliates. The peritrichs were first defined by Friedrich von Stein in 1859. Initially...
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The peritrich nuclear code (translation table 30) is a genetic code used by the nuclear genome of the peritrich ciliates Vorticella and Opisthonecta....
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Epistylis is a genus of usually colonial peritrich ciliates with a short oral disc and collar, and a rigid stalk. The rigid stalk differentiates Epistylis...
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the oral cilia are inconspicuous and sometimes reduced, but among the peritrichs almost the opposite is the case. Members are widely distributed, and include...
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haploid micronuclei are exchanged over the bridge. In some ciliates (peritrichs, chonotrichs and some suctorians), conjugating cells become permanently...
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nuclear code The Condylostoma nuclear code The Mesodinium nuclear code The peritrich nuclear code The Blastocrithidia nuclear code The Cephalodiscidae mitochondrial...
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nuclear code The Condylostoma nuclear code The Mesodinium nuclear code The peritrich nuclear code The Blastocrithidia nuclear code The Balanophoraceae plastid...
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Sessilida is the largest order of the peritrich ciliates. Ellobiophryidae Epistylididae Lagenophryidae Operculariidae Rovinjellidae Scyphidiidae Vaginicolidae...
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animalcules. Stentor, termed trumpet animalcules. Vorticella, and other peritrichs, termed bell animalcules. The concept seems to have been proposed at least...
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Carchesium is a genus of usually colonial peritrich ciliates in the Vorticellidae with a spirally contractile stalk. The inverted bell-shaped cells have...
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