Society of Protistologists
ABSTRACTS FROM SECTION MEETINGS 2008


Italian Society of Protistology onlus

XXVII Meeting

April 11th-12th, 2008

Camerino, Italy


Platform

Amaroli, A., Trielli, F., Sifredi, F., Tcheuko, R.J.K. & Delmonte Corrado, M.U.   Dictyostelium discoideum: a Model Organism for the Study of the Effects of Extremely-Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields.

Angelici, M.C., Giuliani, C. & Vimercati, A   Direct Genotyping of Toxoplasma Isolates from Amniotic Fluids.

Barchetta, S., Yu, T., Pucciarelli, S., Ballarini, P., La Terza, A., Detrich, H.W. & Miceli, C.   Euplotes focardii, a Model Organism for Genomic Studies and Characterization of Enzymes with Potential Industrial Value.

Barresi, M., Schrallhammer, M., Verni, F., Görtz, H.-D. & Petroni, G.   First Detection of Bacteria of the Family Francisellaceae as Endosymbionts in Protists: Characterization of Intracellular Bacteria in the Marine Ciliate Euplotes raikovi.

Buonanno, F. & Ortenzi, C.   Effect of N-acetyl-L-cysteine on ROS Production and Cell Death Caused by Climacostol in Human Promyelocytic Leukemia Cells.

Coppellotti, O., Schmidt, A., Ragazzi, E., Guidolin, L. & Roghi, G.   Triassic Amber from the Dolomites: Morphological Studies on some Microorganisms.

D'Anteo, S., Ferrantini, F., Fokin, S.I., Verni, F. & Petroni, G.   Molecular Characterization of Bacterial Symbionts in Rare Ciliates from Anoxic Environments.

Di Guiseppe, G., Erra, F. & Dini, F.   Euplotes polaris (Hypotrichida; Euplotidae), a New Morphospecies with a Bipolar Distribution, Occupying a Basal Position in the Euplotes Phylogenetic Tree.

Lucantoni, L., Yerbanga, S., Pasqualini, L., Esposito, F. & Halbluetzel, A.   In vivo Transmission Blocking and Curative Activity of Neem (Azadirachta indica) Extracts on the Murine Malaria Parasite Plasmodium berghei.

Mancini, H.R., Ferrantini, F., Verni, F. & Petroni, G.   Characterization of Necessary and Dispensable Bacterial Symbionts Associated with a Natural Population of Euplotes harpa (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia).

Modeo, L., Frassanito, R., Andreoli, I., Carducci, D., Guella, G., Rosati, G., Verni, F., Dini, F. & Petroni, G.   Multidisciplinary Characterization of Two New Species of Colored Pseudokeronopsis (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) Which Produce Novel Secondary Metabolites.

Pucciarelli, S., Marziale, F., Montani, M., Ballarini, P., Melki, R. & Miceli, C.   Molecular Adaptation to the Cold: a Study on Tubulin Polimerization and Folding in the Antarctic Ciliate Euplotes focardii.

Rappelli, P., Dessì, D., Diaz, N., Mura, A., Riu, F. & Fiori, P.   How Trichomonas vaginalis Establishes Infection: New Insights from the Genome Sequencing.

Schrallhammer, M., Schweikert M., Altenbuchner, J., Görtz, H.-D. & Petroni, G.   Structural Characterization of R-bodies, Highly Ordered Protein Complexes Produced by Caedibacter sp., Endosymbionts of Paramecium

Trielli, F., Amaroli, A., Sifredi, F. & Delmonte Corrado, M.U.   Synthesis of Signal Molecule Nitric Oxide in Paramecium primaurelia.

Valesi, A., Dobri, N. & Luporini, P.   Protection from Oxidative Stress by Methionine-sulfoxide Reductases in Euplotes.

Vannini, C., Ferrantini, F., Schrallhammer, M., Rosati, G., Verni, F. & Petroni, G.   Polynucleobacter-like Symbionts of Euplotes: Origin and Tangled Evolutionary Path of an Obligate Association.


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