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The Biology of Paramecium
Second Edition
Ralph Wichterman, Plenum Press, pp. 599, 1986
Contents
- Chapter 1: Classification and Species of Paramecium
- A. Introduction
- B. Taxonomy
- C. Genus Characteristics Emend
- D. "Aurelia" and "Bursaria" Groups
- E. Key to the Common Well-Defined Species of Paramecium
- F. Problems in the Systematics of Paramecium Species
- G. Descriptions of the Species of Paramecium
- Chapter 2: Morphology and Cytology of Paramecium
- A. Introduction
- B. Cortex: Pellicle, Ectoplasm, and Associated Structure
- C. Endoplasm: Organelles and Inclusions
- D. Nuclei
- Chapter 3: Physical and Chemical Properties of the Protolasm of Paramecium
- A. Introduction
- B. Permeability and Membranes
- C. Effects of Temperature and Various Agents on Protoplasm of Paramecium
- D. Effects of Space Flights Aboard Soviet Orbital Station Salyut 6
- Chapter 4: The Nutritional Requirements of Paramecium: Axenic Media
- A. Introduction
- B. Essential Neutralities and Axenic Media for Varous Species of Paramecium
- C. Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 5: Nutrition, Growth, and Respiration
- A. Introduction
- B. Ingestion and Food-Vacuole Formation
- C. Secretion, Digestion, and Egestion
- D. Growth and Morphogenesis
- E. Factors That Yield Optimal Growth
- F. Respiration
- Chapter 6: Movement, Behavior, and Motor Response
- A. Ciliary Movement and Locomotion
- B. Response to Various Types of Stimuli
- C. Behavior of Paramecium and the Question of Learning
- Chapter 7: Reproduction, Morphogenesis, Nuclear Processes, and Sexuality
- A. Asexual and Other Similar Processes Involving Nuclear Reorganization
- B. Sexual Processes and Related Phenomena
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- Chapter 8: Genetics: The Mating Reaction, Mating Types, System of Breeding Relationships, and Inheritance in the Species of Paramecium
- A. Introduction
- B. Inheritance in Asexual or Vegetative Reproduction
- C. Mating, Mating Types, and Inheritance in Sexual Reproduction
- D. Some Aspects of the Mating Phenomenon and Characteristics of the Mating Substance
- E. Regeneration and Morphogenesis
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- Chapter 9: The Life Cycle, Longevity, and Aging
- A. Background
- B. Isolation Cultures and Clonal Aging
- C. Longevity and Clonal Aging in Regard to Autogamy, Cytogamy, and Conjugation
- D. The Question of Cyst Formation in the Life Cycle
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- Chapter 10: The Antigens of Paramecium
- A. Introduction
- B. Surface Antigens and the Immobilization Reaction
- C. Serological Studies on Speciation and Conjugation
- D. Genetic Analysis: Inheritance of Antigenic Variation and Regulation of Surface-Antigen Expression
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- Chapter 11: Organisms Living in and upon Paramecium: The Endosymbionts
- A. Paramecia as a Source of Food for Metazoan Animals: Their Role in the Food Chain in Nature
- B. Associations of Paramecium with Other Microorganisms
- C. Evolution of Endosymbionts of Paramecium
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- References and Bibliography ................................. 421
- Index ................................................................... 593
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