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- Title
Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Paramecium ( Viridoparamecium nov. subgen.) chlorelligerum Kahl ( Ciliophora) Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Paramecium ( Viridoparamecium nov. subgen.) chlorelligerum Kahl 1935 ( Ciliophora)
- Authors
Kreutz, Martin; Stoeck, Thorsten; Foissner, Wilhelm
- Abstract
ABSTRACT We redescribe Paramecium chlorelligerum, a forgotten species, which Kahl ( Tierwelt Dtl., 1935, 30:651) briefly but precisely described in the addendum to his ciliate monographs as a Paramecium with symbiotic green algae. The redescription is based on classical morphological methods and the analysis of the small subunit ( SSU) rDNA. Morphologically, P. chlorelligerum differs from P. ( C.) bursaria, the second green species in the genus, by having a special swimming shape, the length of the caudal cilia, the size of the micronucleus, the size of the symbiotic algae, the contractile vacuoles (with collecting vesicles vs. collecting canals), and the number of excretory pores/contractile vacuole (1 vs. 2-3). The molecular investigations show that P. chlorelligerum forms a distinct branch distant from the P. ( Chloroparamecium) bursaria clade. Thus, we classify P. chlorelligerum in a new subgenus: Paramecium ( Viridoparamecium) chlorelligerum. The symbiotic alga belongs to the little-known genus Meyerella, as yet recorded only from the plankton of a North American lake.
- Subjects
MICROORGANISM morphology; PARAMECIUM; CILIATA; SYMBIOSIS; GREEN algae; NUCLEOLUS; CILIA &; ciliary motion
- Publication
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 2012, Vol 59, Issue 6, p548
- ISSN
1066-5234
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00638.x