title: Occurrence of Paramecium species in Western Siberia, Russia.
abstract: Paramecium strains collected in Central Russia, Western Siberia (the West Siberian Lowland and the Altai Mountains in the south) were studied. The presence of P. caudatum, P. bursaria, P. multimicronucleatum, P. polycaryum, and four species of the P. aurelia complex, i.e. P. primaurelia (in Omsk), P. biaurelia (in Krasnoyarsk and the Altai Mountains), P. triaurelia (in Krasnoyarsk), and P. pentaurelia (in Novosibirsk, Altai Foreland, and Altai Mountains) was revealed. P. triaurelia and P. pentaurelia were found for the first time in Asia.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Protozoan Karyology, Biological Research Institute, St. Petersburg State University, Oranienbaumskoye shosse 2, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia. aurelia@fromru.com
authors.forename: Alexey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Potekhin
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rautian
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nekrasova
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Przyboś
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010247:Paramecium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012800:Siberia; D014867:Water / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D014867:Water