English Journal

Powell MJ1, Letcher PM2, Chambers JG1, Roychoudhury S3.
Mycologia.Mycologia.2015 Mar-Apr;107(2):419-31. doi: 10.3852/14-223. Epub 2015 Jan 8.
A chytrid first discovered in Mediterranean sands and called Rhizophlyctis harderi was classified in the genus Rhizophlyctis based on its interbiotic vegetative thalli with multiple rhizoidal axes and resting thalli with tufts of rhizoid-like appendages. Developmental, electron microscopic and molec
PMID 25572098

Fusiforma themisticola n. gen., n. sp., a new genus and species of apostome ciliate infecting the hyperiid amphipod Themisto libellula in the Canadian Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean), and establishment of the Pseudocolliniidae (Ciliophora, Apostomatia).

Chantangsi C1, Lynn DH2, Rueckert S3, Prokopowicz AJ4, Panha S5, Leander BS6.
Protist.Protist.2013 Nov;164(6):793-810. doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2013.09.001. Epub 2013 Oct 23.
A novel parasitic ciliate Fusiforma themisticola n. gen., n. sp. was discovered infecting 4.4% of the hyperiid amphipod Themisto libellula. Ciliates were isolated from a formaldehyde-fixed whole amphipod and the DNA was extracted for amplification of the small subunit (SSU) rRNA gene. Sequence and p
PMID 24161947

Morphological characterization and intraspecific variation of Zoothamnium intermedium Precht, 1935 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) attached to calanoid copepods in the Chesapeake Bay, USA.

Utz LR1, Coats DW, Small EB.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology.J Eukaryot Microbiol.2008 Jul-Aug;55(4):297-305. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00326.x.
A redescription of Zoothamnium intermedium Precht, 1935, a peritrich epibiont on copepods, is provided using specimens colonizing Acartia tonsa and Eurytemora affinis in Chesapeake Bay, USA. Bell-shaped zooids of Z. intermedium ranged in size from 31.2-54.7 microm x 16.7-31.3 microm in vivo. A singl
PMID 18681843

Japanese Journal

Cell Body Contraction of Spirostomum Does Not Involve Shortening of Inter-Kinetosomal Distance along Ciliary Lines

Ishida Hideki,Suzaki Toshinobu,Shigenaka Yoshinobu
Zoological science 13(5), 669-672, 1996-10-15
… In this study, we examined changes of the ciliary line lengths by scanning electron microscopy, to measure the distance between the proximal ends of two neighboring cilia which are lining up along each ciliary line (inter-kinetosomal distances). … We found that the inter-kinetosomal distance remained constant regardless of cell contraction and elongation, indicating that the cell body contraction of Spirostomum results from a cellular twisting motion with constant inter-kinetosomal distance. …
NAID 110003322904