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Starvation Induces Tomitogenesis in Miamiensis avidus Strain Ma/21
Authors:EDUARDO G MEZ-SALADÍN  EUGENE B SMALL
Institution:EDUARDO GÓMEZ-SALADÍN,EUGENE B. SMALL
Abstract:Miamiensis avidus is a marine polymorphic scuticociliate that undergoes microstome to tomite transformation when nutrients are depleted. This transformation takes place as a result of two consecutive divisions and does not involve a cyst. Tomitogenesis was induced by nutrient deprivation. When returned to nutrient medium tomites transformed into microstomes. Changes in population were noted at one-hour intervals. Tomites of Miamiensis avidus Ma/2 are compared to dispersal stages in other scuticociliates and hymenostomes.
Keywords:Cryptostome  life history  polymorphism  microstome  morphogenesis  
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