ABSTRACTS FROM SECTION MEETINGS 2001

(also available 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004)


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The Society of Protozoologists

East Coast Section

9th East Coast Protozoology Conference

June 9-10, 2001

Adolf, J.E., Place, A.R., Stocker, D.K. & Harding JR, L.W.   Effects of Inorganic Nutrient and Prey Additions on Nighttime Metabolism of Photosynthate in the Mixotrophic Dinoflagellate Gyrodinium galatheanum

Anderson, O.R.   Laboratory and Field-based Studies of Abundances, Small-scale Patchiness, and Diversity of Gymnamoebae in Soils of Varying Porosity and Organic Content

Anderson, O.R. & Griffin, K.L.   Abundances of Protozoa in Soil of Laboratory-grown Wheat Plants Cultivated under Low and High Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations

Armstrong, T.N. & Coats, D.W.  Dinoflagellate Predator, Parasite, and Prey: A Workable Trophic Triangle?

Bell, A.J., Guerra, C. & Satir, P.   Centrin Localization in Tetrahymena thermophila

Clamp, J.C.   Morphology and Systematics of Peritrichs in the Genus Australana (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophora)

Coles, A.H. & Hufnagel, L.A.   A Potential Role for Integrins in Conjugation in the Ciliated Protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila

Dolan, M.F.   Three New Genera of Calonymphids [Parabasalia: Trichomonadida] and an Hypothesis on Early Eukaryotic Evolution

Thomson, V.J. & Ferguson, J.B.   Complete Coding and Genomic Sequences of Two Genes of the NADP+ Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Family in Tetrahymena pyriformis ATCC 30005

Gast, R.J., Beaudoin, D., Dennett, M.R., Moran, D.M. & Caron, D.A.   Genetic Analysis of Protists in Antarctic Marine Environments

Goodison, M.R. & Coats, D.W.   Spatial and Temporal Distribution Patterns of Morphologically Distinct Choreotrich Ciliate Resting Cysts in the Rhode River, Subestuary of Chesapeake Bay

Hufnagel, L.A. & Peckham, J.   Current Status of the Rhode Island Cilioprotist Micrograzer Survey (RICMS)©

Kloetzel, J.A., Butler, M., Baroin-Tourancheau, A., Fleury-Aubusson, A. & Banerjee, D.   Sequencing and Analysis of the Gene Encoding Cagein, A Novel Cytoskeletal Protein in the Ciliate Euplotes

Langlois, G.A. & Gill, N.   Response of a Marine Microbial Community to Petroleum Hydrocarbon Exposure on Prudence Island in Narragansett Bay

Lasek-Nesselquist, E. & Katz, L.A.   Histone H4 Diversity in Ciliates

Lee, J.J., Burnham, B. & Cevasco, M.E.   A New Modern Soritid Foraminifer from the Lizard Island Group (Great Barrier Reef, Australia)

Ray, K. & Levandowsky, M.   Effects of Ionic Blocking Agents on Shape, Motility and Chemosensory Response in Euglena

Miller, J.J. & Coats, D.W.   Selectivity of Amoebophrya sp. Binding to Akashiwo sanguinea

Moran, D.M., Gast, R.J. & Caron, D.A.   The Isolation, Maintenance and Identification of an Antarctic Protist Culture Collection

Park, M.G., Coats, D.W. & Cooney, S.K.   Effects of Parasitism on the Physiology and Behavior of Photosynthetic Dinoflagellates: Growth, Photosynthesis, and Vertical Migration

Ribblett, S.G., Coats, D.W. & Palmer, M.A.   Abundance and Diversity of Ciliates on Decomposing Leaves in a Piedmont Stream

McManus, G.B. & Rosetta, C.H.   Grazing of Harmful Algal Blooms by Ciliates: A Piece of the Puzzle

Salcedo, T., Snoeyenbos-West, O., McManus, G.B. & Katz. L.A.   Phylogenetic Relationships Among Members of the Ciliate Class Spirotrichea Based on Multiple Molecular Markers

Sawyer, T.K.   Distribution of Temperature-tolerant Cyst-forming Amoebae from the Rio Grande River, New Mexico

Smalley, G.W., Coats, D.W. & Stoecker, D.K.   Influence of Nutrient Concentration on Feeding in the Mixotrophic Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca

Snoeyenbos-West, L.O., Salcedo, T., McManus, G.B. & Katz. L.A.   Biogeography and Level of Endemism in Ciliate Populations from Coastal Environments

Utz, L.R.P., Coats, D.W. & Small, E.B.   Epibiosis of a Colonial Peritrich on Calanoid Copepods in the Chesapeake Bay

Way, A.W. & Hufnagel, L.A.   Improved Methods for Preparation of a 25 kDa Ciliary Glycoprotein of Tetrahymena thermophila

Zackroff, R.V. & Hufnagel, L.A,.   Effects of Latrunculin B on Tetrahymena Mating


Czech Section Society of Protozoolog

31st Annual Meeting

April 23-27, 2001

Prudka, Czech Republic


Amiri, M.L., Aamoon, M.Z. & Jalili, N.   Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Northern Afghanistan

Cepicka, I., Kutisova, K. & Flegr, J.   Molecular Polymorphism of Tetratrichomonas gallinarum

Dolezal, P., Tachezy, J., Proost, P. & Hrdy, I.   Malic Enzymes of Trichomonas vaginalis: Purification, Function and Phylogeny

Hampl, V., Cepicka, I., Kulda, J., Tachezy, J. & Flegr, J.   Phylogenetic Position and Relationship of Flagellates of the Genus Monocercomonas from Different Host Species

Havliçek, J., Klose, J., Preiss, M., Kodym, P. & Flegr, J.   What is the Cause of the Deteriorated Performance in Subject with Latent Toxoplasmosis?

Jirku, M., Vesely, M. & Modry, D.   Coccidian Parasites of the Genus Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriorina) in Ranid Frogs in the Czech Republic

Sedinova, J., Flegr, J., Ey, P.L. & Kulda, J.   Use of Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) Analysis for the Identification of Giardia intestinalis Subtypes

Svobodova, M & Volf, P.   Leishmania tropica: Field Study in the Endemic Focus in Turkey and Laboratory Transmission from Asymptomatic Hosts and Non-lesion Sites

Tesarova, P. & Nohynkova, E.   A New Paraxonemal Protein in Giardia intestinalis

Varga, V., Duchene, M., Tachezy, J., Hrdy, I., Kulda, J. & Thalhammer, T.   Cyclophilins of Trichomonas vaginalis

Votypka, J., Svobodova, M & Volf, P.   Development of Avian Trypanosomes in Mosquitoes


Italian Section Society of Protozoologists

22nd Annual Meeting

September 20-21, 2001

La Spezia, Italy


Amaroli, A., Falugi, C., Sanna, L., Evangelisti, V., Viarengo, A. & Delmonte Corrado, M.U.
  Environmental Effects on Cholinergic Molecule Activity in Protists

Brandonisio, O., Fumarola, L., Leogrande, D. & Maggi, P.   Evaluation of a Rapid Immunochromatographic Test for the Serodiagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis

Buonanno, F., Saltalamacchia, P. & Miyake, A.   Defense Function of Pigment Granules in the Karyorelictid Ciliate Loxodes striatus

Delmonte Corrado, M.U., Ognibene, M., Trielli, F., Politi, H., Passalacqua, M. & Falugi, C.   Signal-molecules Involved in Modulating the Pre-conjugant Cell-to-cell Interactions of Paramecium primaurelia

Di Guiseppe, G., osati, G., Verni, F. & Dini, F.   A Molecular Approach to the Species Problem in the Euplotes vannus-crassus-minuta Complex by the Analysis of the 5.8S rRNA Gene and the Internal Transcribed Spacers

Fronte, F., Diaspro, A. & Ramoino, P.   Rab4, Rab5 and Rab11 GTPases in the Early Phases of Endocytosis in Paramecium

Lanzillotta, E., Ferrara, R., Ceccarini, C., Dini, F. & Banchetti, R.   Biotic and Abiotic Production of Volatile Forms of Mercury in Aquatic Systems

Lucchesi, P. & Santangelo, G.   Conjugation in Nature: How Often does it Occur in Ciliate Assemblages of Marine Sandy Shores?

Mattana, A., Cappai, V., Alberti, L., Serra, C., Fiori, P.L. & Cappuccinelli, P.   Activity of Acanthamoeba castellanii Metabolites on the Human Monocytic Cell Line THP-1

Modeo, L., Petroni, G., Verni, F. & Rosati, G.   The Fine Structure of the Extrusomes of Two Ciliate Predator Species

Montagnes, D.   Unique Behaviours Control the Population and Metapopulation Dynamics of a Marine, Intertidal Ciliate

Navarra, E. & Coppellotti, O.   Toxic Effects of Chromium on Glaucoma scintillans From a Karst Cave

Pucciarelli, S., Ballarini, P. & Miceli, C.   Adaptive Evolution of a- and b-tubulins in the Antarctic Ciliate Euplotes focardii

Vannini, C., Critelli, R., Petroni, G., Rosati, G. & Verni, F.   Different Symbiotic Bacteria in Euplotids