- The
heterotrichs are a
class of ciliates. They
typically have a
prominent adoral zone of
membranelles circling the mouth, used in
locomotion and feeding...
-
genus of filter-feeding,
heterotrophic ciliates,
representative of the
heterotrichs. They are
usually horn-shaped, and
reach lengths of two millimeters;...
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prominent oral cilia:
heterotrichs, hypotrichs, oligotrichs, and peritrichs,
although the last were soon separated. The
heterotrichs have an
adoral zone...
- B.
hirundinella as the type species. It was
formerly classified as a
heterotrich, but is now
classified as a
member of the
class Colpodea,
based on the...
- are ****embled
inside the
macronucleus itself. This is in
contrast to
heterotrich ciliates of the
subphylum Postciliodesmatophora, in
which division of...
- An
alternative genetic code
found in the
nuclear genome of some
heterotrich ciliates...
-
ciliates whose oral
cavity forms a deep
anterior pocket, were
considered heterotrichs because of
their prominent oral polykinetids. The
modern class was first...
- "Defensive
function of
trichocysts in
Paramecium tetraurelia against heterotrich ciliate Climacostomum virens".
European Journal of Protistology. 36 (4):...
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Pseudoblepharisma is a
genus of
heterotrich ciliates inhabiting oxygen depleted freshwater habitats. Most
sources report that it
contains one species...
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structurally similar to the
defensive pigmentocysts found in its
fellow Heterotrichs,
Stentor coreuleus and
Blepharisma ****oni****. When
Climacostomum is threatened...
