- The
peritrichs (Latin: Peritrichia) are a
large and
distinctive group of ciliates. The
peritrichs were
first defined by
Friedrich von
Stein in 1859. Initially...
- animalcules. Stentor,
termed trumpet animalcules. Vorticella, and
other peritrichs,
termed bell animalcules. The
concept seems to have been
proposed at least...
-
haploid micronuclei are
exchanged over the bridge. In some
ciliates (
peritrichs,
chonotrichs and some suctorians),
conjugating cells become permanently...
- Specifically, they are
mobiline peritrichs because they are
capable of locomotion, as
opposed to
sessiline peritrichs such as
Vorticella and Epistylis...
- The
peritrich nuclear code (translation
table 30) is a
genetic code used by the
nuclear genome of the
peritrich ciliates Vorticella and Opisthonecta....
- with
prominent oral cilia: heterotrichs, hypotrichs, oligotrichs, and
peritrichs,
although the last were soon separated. The
heterotrichs have an adoral...
- the oral
cilia are incon****uous and
sometimes reduced, but
among the
peritrichs almost the
opposite is the case.
Members are
widely distributed, and include...
-
Vaginicolidae is a
family of
peritrichs in the
order Sessilida. de Fromentel, Edouard; Jobard-Muteau, J. (1874).
Etudes sur les microzoaires, ou infusoires...
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swimming between hosts. This sets them
apart from the
predominantly sessile peritrichs of the
order Sessilida, such as
Vorticella and Epistylis, which, during...
- JSTOR 1537967. PMID 20284992. Goff LJ,
Stein JR (1981). "Digestion in the
Peritrich Ciliate Ophrydium versatile". Protoplasma. 107: 235–254. doi:10.1007/BF01276828...
