Discovery: Researchers have found a new type of endosymbiotic bacteria in up to 50 percent of the wastewater treatment plants they studied that can purify wastewater and produce greenhouse gases.

Captivating footage taken on January 31 in Hong Kong, China, captured the mesmerizing moment an amoeba consuming a ciliate. The video shows the amoeba slowly engulfing the single-celled organism ...

Illustration of the initially discovered endosymbiont ‘Candidatus Azoamicus ciliaticola’ and its ciliate host. The figure is a composite of a scanning electron microscope image (SEM, grey) and ...

In 2021, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany, reported an astonishing new form of symbiosis: They found a unique bacterium that lives inside a ciliate – a ...

From oozing amoebas to our body's own building blocks, individual cells appear to be capable of a complex type of learning typically associated with whole nervous systems, according to new research.

South of Tampa Bay, in Florida, wedged between a quiet neighborhood and a mangrove forest, custom-designed aquariums are home to thousands of sea-urchin larvae that tumble and drift through the water.

A side-by-side comparison of Lacrymaria olor, a remarkable ciliate with its “neck” extended and retracted. Researchers discovered origami-like folds make this morphing possible where microtubules ...

A parasite that devastated long-spined sea urchins in the Caribbean and Florida in 2022 has caused another die-off more than 7,000 miles away in the Sea of Oman. The discovery, led by researchers at ...

Protozoa division collection as single cell eukaryote biological... Protozoa division collection as single cell eukaryote biological outline set. Labeled educational closeup scheme with paramecium, ...

It has long been known that ciliated microorganisms, which use hair-like structures to move through water, generate different flows to feed on planktonic and inorganic particles. How the motility and ...

Ciliates, especially Tetrahymena Thermophila, play a crucial role in microbial food webs, impacting organic matter cycling. This repository contains a short report investigating temperature-driven ...

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: ...