Euplotidium
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| Domain: | Eukaryota
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| (unranked): | Alveolata
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| Class: | Spirotrichea
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| Subclass: | Hypotrichia
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| Genus: | Euplotidium Noland, 1937[1]
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Euplotidium is a genus of ciliates. Species form symbiotic relations with bacteria in structures named Epixenosomes.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ Observations on marine ciliates of the Gulf Coast of Florida. LE Noland, Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 1937
- ^ Une nouvelle espèce du genre Euplotidium Noland 1937: Euplotidium proraltans n. sp.(cilié hypotriche). M Tuffrau, Cahiers de biologie marine, 1985
- ^ Defensive extrusive ectosymbionts of Euplotidium (Ciliophora) that contain microtubule-like structures are bacteria related to Verrucomicrobia. G Petroni, S Spring, KH Schleifer, F Verni, G Rosati - Proceedings of the National …, 2000
- ^ Epixenosomes: symbionts of the hypotrich ciliate Euplotidium itoi. G Rosati, Symbiosis, 1999
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