| molecular characterization of the obligate endosymbiont "caedibacter macronucleorum"fokin and görtz, 1993 and of its host paramecium duboscqui strain ku4-8. | bacterial endosymbionts of protozoa were often described as new species by protozoologists mainly on the basis of few morphological characters and partly by host specificity. many of these species have never been validated by prokaryotic microbiologists whose taxonomic rules are quite different from those of protozoologists, who use the zoological code of nomenclature. "caedibacter macronucleorum"fokin and görtz 1993, an endosymbiont of paramecium duboscqui, belongs to this category. here we pro ... | 2006 | 17123414 |
| survey of paramecium duboscqui using three markers and assessment of the molecular variability in the genus paramecium. | the genus paramecium (phylum ciliophora) is one of the best-known among protozoa. nevertheless, the knowledge on the diversity and distribution of species within this genus was remarkably scarce until recent times. in the last years a constantly growing amount of data has formed, especially on the distribution of species and the characterization of molecular markers. much effort has been made on detecting clades inside each morphospecies, which could suggest the presence of sibling species compl ... | 2012 | 22982632 |