Observations on Tetrahymena pyriformis
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Tetrahymena pyriformis (Ehrenberg, 1830) Lwoff, 1947
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Leucophrys pyriformis Ehrenberg, 1830
Add’l Synonyms: n.a.
According to Ellen M. Simon, David L. Nanney and F. Paul Doerder (DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9255-6), Tetrahymena pyriformis forms a complex of several subspecies.
Scale bars indicate 25 µm (1, 2), 10 µm (3-6).
From the culture collection of University Duisburg-Essen, AG Boenigk, original culture from University Wuppertal.
Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, cameraCanon EOS 600D.
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oblonga
bathystoma
capreolata
var. masurica
globulosa
truncata
parva
globularis
fimbriata
chinensis
wailesii
concinnus
filifera
lineare
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enchelys
oblonga
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crenulata
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brevicolla
placentula
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bryophila
spiralis
galeata
mitrata
gibbosa
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granulata
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