ABSTRACTS FROM SECTION MEETINGS 1999

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The Society of Protozoologists

52nd Annual Meeting

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, May 26-29, 1999


Burkholder, J.   Hutner Award Lecture Progress on the Toxic Pfiesteria Complex

Jerka-Dziadosz   Vice-President's Lecture Spatial Control of Cellular Polarities: Role of Basal Bodies

Orias, E.   Past-President's Address Toward Sequencing the Tetrahymena Genome: Exploiting the Gift of Nuclear Dimorphism

Symposium 1 "EMERGING OPPORTUNISTIC PROTISTS"
Convener: C. Ben Beard

Cooper, C. R. & Haycocks, N. G.   Penicillium marneffei as an Emerging OI

Dedet, J.-P., Pratlong, F. & Dereure, J.   Leishmania, Trypanosoma and Monoxenous Trypanosomatids as Emerging Opportunistic Agents

Kaplan, J. E.   Public Health Impact of Protist Pathogens in the 1990's

Marciano-Cabral, F., Puffenbarger, G. & Cabral, G. A.   Increasing Incidence of Infections with Free-Living Amebae of the Genus Acanthamoeba

Miller, R. F.   Clinical Presentation and Significance of Emerging Opportunistic Infections

Symposium 2 "GENOMICS OF FREE-LIVING MICROBIAL EUKARYOTES - STATE OF THE ART AND PROMISE"
Convener: E. Orias

Dutcher, S. K. & Grossman, A.   Chlamydomonas Genomics: Elucidating Motility and Photosynthesis

Kuspa, A.   Dictyostelium Genomics

Orias, E.   Symposium Introduction

Rine, J.   Using the Genome as the Unit of Function

Symposium 3 "MOLECULAR GENETIC APPROACHES TO CELL MOTILITY"
Convener: G. Witman

Haynes, W. J., Saimi, Y. & Kung, C.   Cloning the Pawn Genes by Complementation in Paramecium

Titus, M.   The Roles of Unconventional Myosins in Cell Migration and Endocytosis: Lessons from Dictyostelium

Witman, G. B., Koutoulis, A. & Pazour, G. J.   A Tale of Two Tails: Tagging and Knockout of Genes for Flagellar Proteins in Chlamydomonas

Xia, L., Hai, B., Gorovsky, M. A. & Gaertig, J.   Analysis of Tubulin Polyglycylation Using a Powerful Approach for Rapid In Vivo Mutagenesis of Essential Genes in Tetrahymena thermophila

Oral Presentations

ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR

Berger, J. D.   Using Feeding Experiments with Paramecium to Teach Quantitative Modeling of Biological Processes

Estridge, B. H. & Sundermann, C. A.   Removal and Inactivation of Giardia lamblia Cysts from Potable Water by a Novel Disinfecting Filter Apparatus

Rodriguez-Zaragoza, S.   Effect of Soil Use on the Species Richness of Free-Living Soil Amoebae

Schuster, F. L., Dunnebacke, T. H. & Visvesvara, G. S.   In vitro Sensitivity of Naegleria fowleri to Antimicrobial Agents

Snyder, R. A., Black, M. M. D. & Lawrence, J. R.   Surface Feeding Behavior in a Hypotrich Ciliate and a Small Amoeba

Sundermann, C. A. & Estridge, B. H.   Inactivation of Giardia lamblia by Low Dose, Ionizing Irradiation

CELL BIOLOGY

Angus, S. P., Royalty, M. P. & Pennock, D. G.   Targeted Gene Knockout of a Putative Inner Dynein Arm Heavy Chain Gene in Tetrahymena thermophila

Asai, H., Okamoto, H. & Moriyama, Y.   Evidences for Ca2+-Activated Rubber-Like Contractility of Vorticellid Spasmoneme

Christensen, S. T., Guerra, C. F., Wada, Y., Satir, P. & Hamasaki, T.   Characterization of a Dynein Regulatory Light Chain from Tetrahymena

Guerra, C., Bernstein, M., Hamasaki, T., Isaac, N., Leick, V. & Satir, P.   Characterization of Centrin and its Structural Gene in Tetrahymena thermophila

Zhang, H. & Berger, J. D.   Cyclin and CDK Pairs Act at Different Stages of the Cell Cycle in Paramecium tetraurelia

PHYLOGENY AND EVOLUTION

Besendahl, A. & Bhattacharya, D.   Phylogeny and Splicing Analyse of a Stable Family of Green Algal Group I Introns

Katz, L. A.   Evolution of Chromosomal Rearrangements in Ciliates: a Reinterpretation in Light of Phylogeny

Landweber, L. F., Kuo, T.-C., Curtis, E. A. & Kari, L.   Unraveling Scrambled genes in Hypotrichous Ciliates: Molecular, Evolutionary, and Computational Approaches

Riley, J. L. & Katz, L. A.   Evolution of Nuclear Dimorphism in Ciliates: Insights from the Suctorians

Ruffolo, J. J.   Alimentary System of Euplotes eurystomas

Thomson, V. J. & Ferguson, J. B.   Phylogenetic Relationships Among Amino Acid Sequences of NADP-dependent Isocitrate Dehydrogenases: Adding Tetrahymena to the Tree

LATE BREAKERS AND OTHERS

Brown, J., Hardin, C., Shah, N., Marsala, C. & Gaertig, J.   Kinesin-II Knockouts Implicate Ciliary Motility in Cytokinesis

Giner, J.-L.   Do Sponges and Dinoflagellates Represent Missing Links in the Cycloartenol/Lanosterol Bifurcation?

Giner, J.-L., Faraldos, J., Li, X. & Boyer, G.   Specific Sterol Biomarkers for Red Tide and Brown Tide Algae

Nevez, G., Delbecq, S. & Raccurt,C.   Pneumocystis carinii Trophozoites in the Lungs of Patients Without Pneumocystosis

Poster

del Aguila, C., Izquierdo, F., Navajas, R., Pieniazek, N. J., Miro, G., Alonso, A. I. & Fenoy, S.   Enterocytozoon bieneusi in Animals: Rabbits and Dogs as New Host

Aiello, A. E., Xiao, L., Limor, J., Liu, C., Abrahamsen, M. S. & Lal, A. A.   Microsatellite Analysis of Human and Bovine Isolates of Cryptosporidium parvum

Anderson, O. R.   Ecology of Terrestrial Gymnamoebae: A four-year study, Including the El Niño winter (1997-1998)

Angeli, E., Mainini, A., Atzori, C., Agostini, F., Micheli, V. & Cargnel, A.   New Trend in the Epidemiology of Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia (PCP) among AIDS Patients

Bartlett, M. S., Ryder, N. S., Bowers, L., Dumaual, N., Durant, P. J., Smith, J. W. & Lee, C. H.   Terbinafine Administered in Peanut Butter Decreased Pneumocystis carinii Infection in Mice

Bienek, D. R., Yang, S., Rasmussen, K. R. & Healey, M. C.   Lymphocyte Response to Cryptosporidium parvum Infection in Immunosuppressed C57BL/6N Mice

Brasil, P., de Lima, D. B., de Paiva, D. D., Lobo, M.S., Sodre, F. C., da Silva, S. P., Verissimo-Villela, E., da Silva, E. J., Peralta, J. M., Morgado, M. & Moura, H.   Emerging and Opportunistic Intestinal Parasites in HIV-Infected Patients with Chronic Diarrhea in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Broussolle, V., Fumel, S., Peyret, P. & Vivares, C. P.   First DDRT-PCR Analysis of Gene Expression in a Host-Parasite System Involving the Microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi

Camero, L., Arrowood, M., Shulaw, W., Lal, A. L. & Xiao, L.   Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies Generated against Cryptosporidium parvum

Collins, M. & Cushion, M. T.   Use of Cryopreserved and Characterized Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii (Pcc) Populations for Standardization of an In Vitro ATP-based Cytotoxicity Assay

Contini, C., Seraceni, S. & Cultrera, R.   Different PCR Systems to Detect T. gondii Tachyzoites or Bradyzoites in Clinical Specimens from Patients with and without Overt Disease

Couzinet, S., Hafidi, A., Romand, R., Vivares, C. & Prensier, G.   Brain Slices Organotypic Culture, a New Model to Study Toxoplasma gondii Infection

Denis, C.-M., Mazars, E., Guyot, K., Ödberg-Ferragut, C., Viscogliosi, É., Dei-Cas, E. & Wakefield, A. E.   Genetic Divergence at the sodA Locus of Six Different formae speciales of Pneumocystis carinii

Dolgikh, V. V. & Grigorjev, M. V.   The Role of Carbohydrates in Energy Metabolism of Intracellular Stages of Microsporidian Nosema grylli

Ferguson, D. M., Johnson, A. M., Rochelle, P. A., de Leon, R. & Stewart, M. H.   Validation of a Cryptosporidium parvum Cell Culture Infectivity Assay to Avoid False-Positive Results

Gunderson, J., Goss, S. & Coats, D. W.   rRNA Sequence Differences Among Amoebophrya Strains Infecting Dinoflagellates in Chesapeake Bay

Harp, J. A., Akili, D. & Pesch, B. A.   Changes in Murine Intestinal Epithelium Following Cryptosporidium parvum Infection

Hayman, J. R. & Nash, T. E.   Isolating Expressed Microsporidial Genes Using A cDNA Subtractive Hybridization Approach

Icenhour, C. R. & Cushion, M.   Natural History of Pneumocystis Species

Kucerova-Pospilova, Z., Carr, D., Leitch, G. J., Scanlon. M. & Visvesvara, G. S.   Environmental Resistance of Encephalitozoon Spores

Lasbury, M. E., Angus, C. W., Klivington, D., Durant, P. J., Bartlett, M. S., Smith, J. W. & Lee, C. H.   Recombinant MSG of Pneumocystis carinii is Immunogenic but not Protective in Rats

Lasbury. M. E., Goheen, M. P., Durant, M. S., Bartlett, J. W. & Lee, C. H.   Ability of Pneumocystis carinii Cysts to Seed Cultures and Infect Animals

Lasbury, M. E., Goheen, M. P., Durant, P. J., Bartlett, M. S., Smith, J. W. & Lee, C. H.   Culture of Mouse-Derived Pneumocystis carinii in an Axenic System

Leander, B. S., Brown, P. J. P., Triemer, R. E. & Farmer, M. A.   Evolutionary Morphology of the Euglenid Chloroplast: Analyses of Confocal, TEM, and SSU rDNA Data

Leander, B. S. & Farmer, M.   Trends in the Evolution of the Euglenid Pellicle: Phylogenetic Analyses Using Ultrastructural and SSU rDNA Data

Lee, J., Correia, M., Asirifi, E., Benjamin, T., Marcano, V. & Ajayi, F.   The Study of Chloroplast Retention in a Foraminiferan (Eliphidium sp)

Lee, L. H., Gigliotti, F., Wright, T. W., Simpson-Haidaris, P. J., Weinberg, G. A. & Haidaris, C. G.   Molecular Characterization of KEX1, a Kexin-Like Protease in Mouse Pneumocystis carinii

Liu, C. & Abrahamsen, M. S.   Cloning and Sequencing of Two Cryptosporidium parvum Telomeric Binding Protein Homologs

Maselli, A., Furukawa, R. & Fechheimer, M.   Functional Analysis of the Calcium Binding Domains in the Dictyostelium 34 kDa Actin Binding Protein

Mead, J. R., Benbow, J. W., Garmon, D. & Stewart, J.   Improved Efficacy of Dinitroaniline Analogs for Use as an Anti-Cryptosporodial Drug

McCurdy, D. R., Werbovetz, K. A., Hall, J. E., Brendle, J. J., Jones, S. K. & Tidwell, R. R.   Novel Dicationic Compounds Active against Leishmania donovani Amastigotes

McLaughlin, N. B., McCutcheon, S. M. & Buhse Jr., H. E.   The Search for Centrin Homologues in Tetrahymena thermophila

Nahimana, A., Francioli, P., Blanc, D. S., Wakefield, A. E. & Hauser, P. M.   Determination of the Copy Number of Genes Analyzed to Type Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis

Nott, J., Ye, D. & Queener, S. F.   Purification and Characterization of Recombinant Inosine Monophosphate Dehydrogenase from Pneumocystis carinii

Palmer. R. J., Cushion, M. T. & Wakefield, A. E.   Discrimination of Rat-Derived Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii and Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. ratti Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction

Smith-Sommerville, H. E., Snowden, C. M. & Nunley, J. W.   Images of the Tetrahymena vorax Oral Apparatus

Sokolova, J., Sundukov, O. V. & Dolgikh, V. V.   Suppressing of Esterase Activities as a Specific Feature of the Microsporidiosis in Crickets Gryllus bimaculatus

Strueder-Kypke, M. C., Wright, A.-D. G. & Lynn, D. H.   Small Subunit rDNA Sequence Data Confirm the Paraphyly of Oligotrich Ciliates

Tamburrini, A. & Pozio, E.   Long Survival of Infectious Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Seawater and in Experimental Infected Mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis

Waters, W. R., Harp, J. A., Wannemuehler, M. J., Carbajal, N. Y. & Casas, I. A.   Effects of Lactobacillus reuteri on Cryptosporidium parvum Infection of Gnotobiotic TCR-a-Deficient Mice

Wyder, M. A., Sul, D. & Kaneshiro, E. S.   De novo synthesis of Neutral Glycoglycerolipids and Phosphoglycolipids by Leishmania donovani Promastigotes

 

German Section Society of Protozoologists

18th Annual Meeting

March 3-6, 1999


Foissner, W. & Tarcisio, C.   A New, Peculiar Colpodid Ciliate from the Tanks of a Brasilian Bromeliad

Berger, H., Foissner, W. & Schaumburg, J.   Diversity of Planktonic Freshwater Ciliates

Al-Rasheid, K. & Foissner, W.   Trachelocercid Karyorelictids (Protozoa: Ciliophora) Do Not Feed by the Glabrous Stripe, as Proposed by Lenk & Small, but through a Conventional Oral Apparatus at the Anterior End of the Organisms

Agatha, S. & Foissner, W.   Metopus, Ciliophora incertae sedis: Morphogenesis does not Support a Relationship with Haptorid Gymnostomes and Heterotrich Clevelandellids as Indicated by Gene Sequence Data

Foissner, W. & Al-Rasheid, K.   Trachelocercid Karyorelictids (Protozoa, Ciliophora) have a Parakinetal Stomatogenesis

Strueder-Kypke, M. C., Wright, A.-D. G., Fokin, S. I. & Lynn, D. H.   Phylogeny of the Subclass Peniculia (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) inferred from SSU rDNA Sequences

 

Groupement des Protistologues de Langue Française (GPLF)

37th Annual Meeting

May 13-16th, 1999

Lille, France


Adl, S., Zhang, H. & Perasso, R.   Microinjection of Antisense Oligonucleotides to Study Gene Function in Ciliates

Audemard, C., Barnaud, A., Le Roux, F., Sauriau, P.-G. & Berthe, F.   Model of Experimental Transmission and Molecular Biological Tools to Study Marteilia refringens Life-cycle

Belloni, A., Aubert, D., Le Naour, R., Bonhomme, A., Pinon, J. M. & Guenounou, M.   Involvement of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha During Toxoplasma gondii Invasion in Human Monocytic THP-1 Cells

Bouchot, A., Bonhomme, A., Jaillet, J. D. & Pinon, J. M.   Biochemical study and localization of a Ca-ATPase in Toxoplasma gondii

Bricheux, G., Coffe, G. & Brugerolle, G.   Evidence for the actin-binding protein Coronin in Trichomonas vaginalis; immunolocalization and gene sequence

Brugere, J.-F., Cornillot, E. & Vivares, C. P.   Physical Map of the Genome of the Microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi

Brugerolle, G., Bricheux, G. & Coffe, G.   Immunolocalization of Centrin in Trichomonads, Centrin Genes and Protein Sequence in Trichomonas vaginalis

Conseil, V., El Moudni, B., Grellier, P. & Dubremetz, J. F.   Partial Characterization of a Prolyl endopeptidase of Toxoplasma gondii

Corbier, F., Pomport-Castillon, C., Roch, C. & Romestand, B.   Purification of a 19 kDa Type Alpha Chymotrypsin Protease Produced by the Trophozoite of Perkinsus marinus, a Parasite of the Oyster

de Coninck, J.   Industrial potentialities of Tetrahymena

Fleury-Aubusson, A., Kloetzel, J. & Baroin-Tourancheau, A.   Characterization of cytoskeletal proteins in the hypotrich ciliate Euplotes using an expression library

Fryd-Versavel, G. & Fleury-Aubusson, A.   Cytotaxis in the Hypotrich Ciliate Paraurostyla weissei: Kinetics of Abnormal Cells Appearance

Iftode, F., Clérot, J. C., Levilliers, N. & Bré, M. H.   Paramecium Tubulin Diversity. In situ Immunogold Localization of Posttranslational Modifications on Microtubular Networks

Lefebvre-van Hende, S. & Cesbron-Delauw, M. F.   Contribution of the GRA5 and SAG1 5'Untranslated Regions to the Level of Gene Expression in Toxoplasma Tachyzoites

Le Ray, D., Desjeux, P. & Modabber, F.   Multicentric evaluation of dat (direct agglutination test) for diagnosis and treatment of visceral leishmaniasis

Peyretaillade, E., Peyret, P, Metenier, G. & Vivares, C. P.   Highly Reduced 23S rRNA and Evidence for Simplified rRNA Maturation in the Microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi

Portois, C., Caillieret, P., Deweer, C., Jeanfils, J. & de Coninck, J.   Lipase Production of Tetrahymena thermophila B III : Preliminary Results

Sorel, N., Touzeau, C., Guillot, E. & Miegeville, M.   Evaluation and Optimization of Different PCR Tests to Detect Enterocytozoon bieneusi Spores for their Research in the Environment

Valere, A., Aubert, D., Garnotel, R., Villena, I., Gomez-Marin, J. E., Bonhomme, A., Guenounou, M. & Pinon, J. M.   Signal Transduction during Toxoplasma gondii Invasion: Implication of MAP Kinases

Villalobo, E., Moch, C., Baroin-Tourancheau, A. & Perasso, R.   Identification of mRNA Implicated in the Excystment of the Ciliate Sterkiella histriomuscorum

Yang, T., Baroin-Tourancheau, A. & Perasso, R.   Characterization of Homologues of the myb Transcription Factor in Euplotes and Oxytricha

 

Israeli Section Society of Protozoology

11th Annual Meeting

February 28 - March 1, 1999


Abu-Elneel, K., Kapeller, I., On, I., Shtaierman, R. & Shlomai, J.   Specific Recognition of the Replication Origins of Kinetoplast DNA

Ankri, S., Padilla-Vasca, F., Stolarsky, T. & Mirelman, D.   Dissection Of Virulence Factors of Entamoeba histolytica Using Antisense Technology

Baneth, G. & Jaffe, C. L.   A Longitudinal Study of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in Central Israel 1996-1998

Ginsburg, H.   The Antimalarial Mode of Action of Chloroquine is Finally Resolved

Jaffe, C. L., Vieira, L. L. & Sacerdoti-Sierra, N.   Characterization of the Ecto-Protein Kinases of Leishmania: A Parasite Survival Mechanism?

Katz O., Ribeiro, J. M. C & Warburg, A.   Purines and Phosphatases in Sandfly Saliva

Padilla-Vasca, F., Ankri, S., Bracha, R., Koole, L. A. & Mirelman, D.   Down Regulation of Entamoeba histolytica Virulence by Co-cultivation with Escherichia coli 055 is Related to a Decrease in the Expression of the Light (35 kDa) Subunit of the Gal/GalNAc Lectin

Schwarzfucs, N., Schlesinger, P., Sinay, R. & Pollack, Y.   Characterization of Heavy Metal resistance in P.falciparum

Talis, B., Dudi, A., Zilberstain, H. & Zur, S.   Validation by ELISA of the Polyvalent Entamoeba histolytica Antigen Routinely Used for IHAT

XU, Y.-X., Goncharev, I., LI, L. & Michaeli, S.   The Trypanosomatid Spliced Leader RNA- Genetic and Biochemical Analyses

XU, Y.-X., LI, L., Levitan, A. & Michaeli, S.   Characterization of Guide-Methylating snoRNAS in Trypanosomes

Zuckerman, U., Armon, R., Tzipori, S. & Gold, D.   A Portable Continuous Flow Centrifuge for Concentration of Cryptosporidium and Giardia from Water

Zuckerman, U., Armon, R., Yuditsky, A. & Gold, D.   Chitin, a structural component of Cryptosporidium oocyst walls

 

Czech Section Society of Protozoology

29th Annual Meeting

May 18-21, 1999

Lanzhot, Czech Republic


Tachezy, J., Kutisova, K., Koudela, K. & Kulda, J.   Isolation, Morphology and ITS-5.8S rRNA Sequence Analysis of Trichomonas Canistomae

Hampl, V., Pavlícek, A. & Flegr, J.   RAPD Analysis of Trichomonads

Nohynková, E., Dráber, P., Reischig, J. & Kulda, J.   Cell-Cycle Dependent Localization of Gamma-Tubulin in a Unicellular Eukaryote, Giardia intestinalis

Peichl, S. & Nohynková, E.   Effect of Aphidicolin on the Growth and Encystation of Giardia intestinalis in vitro

Svobodová, A., Sádlová, J., Votypka, J., Volf, P. & Chang, K. P.   Phlebotomine Sandflies and Rodents in Endemic Focus of Leishmania tropica in Urfa, Turkey

Amiri, M. L., Jalili, M. S., Holkova, R. & Jalilil, N.   Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Two Refugees Camp in Northern Afghanistan

Dyková, I., Kyselová, I., Macháková, B. & Peckova, H.   Naegleria Strains Isolated from Organs of Freshwater Fishes

Votypka, J., Svobodová, M., Vorísek, P., Peske, L., Lacina, D. & Volf, P.   Blood Parasites and Haematophagous Insects of Raptors (Falconiformes) in the Czech Republic

Modry, D., Vesely, M., Volf, P. & Koudela, B.   Finding of Haemogregarines in Marine Snakes of the Genus Laticauda

Koudela, B. & Modry, D.   Sarcocystis Muris Possesses Both Diheteroxenous and Dihomoxenous Characters of Its Life Cycle

Volf, J., Modry, D., Koudela, B. & Slapeta, J. R.   Discovery of the Life Cycle of Sarcocystis lacertae Babudieri, 1932 (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae)

Pavlácek, A., Hrdá, S. & Flegr, J.   FreeTree - Freeware Program for Construction of Phylogenetic Trees on the Basis of Distance Data and Bootstrap/Jackknife Analysis of the Tree Robusticity. Application in the RAPD Analysis of Genus Frenkelia

Puzová, G., Ditrich, O., Dolejs, P. & Machula, T.   Cryptosporidium Oocysts and Giardia Cysts in Surface Waters in the Czech Republic

Hajdusek, O. & Ditrich, O.   Results of COWP Gene Analysis of Human Isolates of Cryptosporidium parvum

Váavra, J. & Kulda, B.   Mammalian Microsporidia, Rare or Frequent Parasites?

Fiala, I.   Myxozoa Infecting Green Scat, Scatophagus argus

Kisidayová, S., Váradoyová, Z., Siroka, P. & Zelenák, I.   Influence of Methanogenic Inhibitors on Methanogenesis of Rumen Ciliates Entodinium caudatum and Epidinium ecaudatum

Macek, M. & Martinez Perez, M. E.   Growth Kinetics of Cyclidium sp. in the culture fed with Vibrio cholerae

Moravcík, Z., Janisch, R. & Zemánek, P.   The Use of Non-Invasive Micromanipulation in Protozoology

 

Italian Section Society of Protozoologists

20th Annual Meeting

October 8-9, 1999

Santa Margherita Ligure (Genova), Italy


Felici, A., Alimenti, C., Ortenzi, C. & Luporini, P.   Purification and Initial Characterization of Two Pheromones of the Antarctic Ciliate, Euplotes nobilii

Barchetta, S., Kloetzel, J. A. & Miceli, C.   Molecular Cloning of an a-platein Gene from Euplotes aediculatus.

Delmonte Corrado, M. U., Politi, H., Ognibene, M., Angelini, C. & Falugi, C.   Immunological Characterization of Choline Acetyltransferase in Paramecium primaurelia

Politi, H., Delmonte Corrado, M. U., Falugi, C. & Miceli, C.   Cloning of a Gene with Similarities to the a -6-subunit of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor in Paramecium primaurelia

Panaro, M. A., Acquafredda, A., Lisi, S., Sisto, M., Trotta, T., Satalino, R., Mitolo, V & Brandonisio, O.   Detection of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase and Nitric Oxide Production in Leishmania infantum-infected Human Macrophages

La Terza, A. A. & Miceli, C.   Stress Response in Ciliates

Fosella, T., Erra, F., Banchetti, R. & Ricci, N.   Cell Division Cycle and Behavior of Protozoa: the Case of Euplotes crassus (Ciliata, Hypotrichida)

Ricci, N.   Comments About a Bias Possibly Affecting the Study of the Behavior of Ciliates

Vannini, C., Erra, F., Banchetti, R. & Ricci, N.   The Effects of Parathion on the Behavior of Oxytricha bifaria (Ciliata, Hypotrichida)

Iervasi, A., Erra, F., Banchetti, R. & Ricci, N.   The Working Cycles of Cirri of Euplotes crassus (Ciliata, Hypotrichida), During Creeping on the Substrate

Barbanera, F., Erra, F. & Ricci, N.   Effects of Heating Conditions on the Behaviour of Oxytricha bifaria (Ciliophora, Hypotrichida)

Ramoino, P., Diaspro, A., Magnino, G. & Robello, M.   Membrane Lipid Composition and Swimming Behavioral Responses in Paramecium primaurelia

Conio, O., Palumbo, F., Borelli, E., Carraro, E. & Pignata, C.   Cryptosporidium and Giardia (Oo)cysts Occurence in Raw and Drinking Water in Italy

Coppellotti, O. & Navarra, E.   Temperature Adaptation and Regulation of Citrate Synthase in Antarctic Ciliates

Navarra, E. & Coppellotti, O.   Glutathione in Glaucoma scintillans

Botto, M., Irato, P., Santovito, G. & Piccinni, E.   Cu Accumulation and Cu-MT Induction in Tetrahymena pigmentosa

Trielli, F., Viarengo, A., Delmonte Corrado, M. U. & Dini, F.   Euplotins and Interspecific Interaction in Marine Ciliate Community: Toxicity and Ca2+ Role in Litonotus lamella

Manca, N., Viani, I., Perandin, F., Piccolo, G., Calderaro, A., Ricci, L., Galati, L., Dettori, G. & Chezzi, C.   Detection of Malaria Parasites by PCR and Southern-blot Hybridization in Patients with Imported Malaria in Italy

Madoni, P.   The Acute Toxicity of Nickel to Twelve Species of Freshwater Ciliates

Leonardi, M. C., Bolzern, A. M. & Fascio, U.   Two Different Forms in the Life Cycle of a Finnish Species of Mayorella

Chessa, M. G., Gallus, L., Tagliafierro, G. & Delmonte Corrado, M. U.   Macronuclear Chromatin Dynamics in Colpoda inflata, Evaluated by Image Analysis

Modeo, L., Petroni, G. & Rosati, G.   "Trichites" of Strombidium: Extrusomes or Cytoscheletal Elements?

Petroni, G., Spring, S., Schleifer, K.-H., Verni, F. & Rosati, G.   Epixenosomes of Euplotidium Have Now an Identity

Santangelo, G., Bongiorni, L. & Pignataro, L.   Simultaneous Enumeration of Ciliated Protozoans and Fungi-like Protists (Thraustochytrids) in a Mediterranean Sandy Shore

Coppellotti, O. & Guidolin, L.   Protist Populations from Karst Caves

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