Occurrence of Paramecium species in Western Siberia, Russia.
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.
Potekhin
Alexey
A
Laboratory of Protozoan Karyology, Biological Research Institute, St. Petersburg State University, Oranienbaumskoye shosse 2, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia. aurelia@fromru.com
Rautian
Maria
M
Nekrasova
Irina
I
Przyboś
Ewa
E
D000818:Animals; D010247:Paramecium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012800:Siberia; D014867:Water / Q000469:parasitology
D014867:Water