New stands of species of the Paramecium aurelia complex in Africa and Europe.
Folia Biol (Krakow)
; 62(4): 361-6, 2014.
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ABSTRACT
The relevance of geographical distribution and the roles of dispersal and spatial isolation during the speciation of microorganisms are nowadays of great interest. The Paramecium aurelia species complex is a perfect model system to explore these questions given its long history as a study subject and broad distribution. However, the world-wide distribution of the Paramecium aurelia complex (Ciliophora, Protista) still needs study, e.g., sampling in the southern hemisphere has been quite limited, while Europe has been investigated for years, with the majority of aurelia species isolated from here. Recently, new stands of species of the P. aurelia complex were found in southern Europe (Malta, Bulgaria, Cyprus) and in the Czech Republic (P. primaurelia, P. triaurelia, P. octaurelia). In Africa (Republic of South Africa), new stands of P. primaurelia, P. triaurelia, and P. octaurelia were found. Interestingly, the rare species P. triaurelia, and P. octaurelia were found to co-occur both in South Africa (SA 13) and the Czech Republic (CKV 8). Newly established strains were identified to species by crossing with the test strains (the reference strains for the particular species).
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Paramecium aurelia
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Folia Biol (Krakow)
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article