Tropical forests play a crucial role in driving fluctuations of the land carbon sink and may therefore influence the Earth's climate system. It is important to understand how tree growth of tropical ...

A team of researchers has identified a single-celled organism called a ciliate as the cause of a massive die-off event to a marine animal vital to coral reef health. The search for the 2022 killer ...

Ciliate protozoa possess the remarkable ability to reproduce through both asexual and sexual means. Their distinctive sexual process involves conjugation and autogamy, and they wield a secret weapon: ...

This study is led by Dr. Ying Yan (Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China). Ciliated protists represent one of the most primitive lineages of eukaryotes, with nuclear ...

The intracellular purple sulfur bacterium 'Candidatus Thiodictyon intracellulare' has lost the ability to oxidize sulfur and now supplies a ciliate with energy from photosynthesis. Dr Sebastian Hess ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American (I'm pretty sure every ...

What It Looks Like When a Ciliate Dies Posted By Steven Pomeroy On Date November 24, 2020 This Ciliate Is About to Die Journey to the Microcosmos Watch on ...

Scanning Electron Microscope image of ciliate protozoa. Focus: The systematics and diversity of free-living ciliates, particularly marine and brackish forms in costal waters We are focusing our ...