Peritrich ciliates represent an ecologically and morphologically ... thereby providing fresh insights into the evolution of oral structures and stalk morphology [1]. Concurrent research in Chinese ...

And within the inner wall, Bomfleur found a microbe that “agrees in every observable detail with the living [ciliate] Vorticella.” It has the same bell-shaped body, the same coiled stalk ...

Vorticella, genus of the ciliate protozoan order Peritrichida, a bell-shaped or cylindrical organism with a conspicuous ring of cilia (hair like processes) on the oral end and a contractile unbranched ...

They can swim. Others have a sedentary lifestyle, including Vorticella, which has a stalk to attach itself to submerged surfaces. Vorticella, a ciliate that has a stalk to attach itself to surfaces.

Topics of interest include ciliates, force, spasmoneme ... Vorticella, as the stalk by which it is attached to a substrate contracts by coiling into a helix. The cell body is but a few microns ...

Microscopic ciliates can increase the mobility of poisonous tar substances, PAHs, by up to 100-fold according to a new study. The results open new possibilities for cleaning soil that is ...

The algae-eating sea urchins were likely wiped out by microscopic organisms known as ciliates. While the mystery has been solved, it’s not clear exactly how the outbreak started, and the die-off ...

Ciliates, a group of single-celled ciliated eukaryotes, have been studied since the dawn of light microscopy, with over 10,000 species described. Cilia are the key feature of ciliates and ...