Strains of Paramecium decaurelia (Ciliophora, Protozoa) from Russia with molecular characteristics of other known strains of the species.
The presence of Paramecium decaurelia from the Paramecium aurelia species complex was demonstrated in Yaroslavl, Russia, (European part, northwestern Russia) and in the Altai Mts (Asiatic part of Russia, western Siberia). RAPD-PCR fingerprints of the newly identified strains of P. decaurelia, rare throughout the world, were compared to those characteristic for the other known strains ofthe species. P. decaurelia strains show some polymorphism within species, strains from Russia have 60% similarity of band patterns, and strains from USA and Japan about 70% similarity of band patterns.
Przyboś
Ewa
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Department of Experimental Zoology, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland. Przybos@isez.pan.krakow.pl
Greczek-Stachura
Magdalena
M
Potekhin
Alexey
A
Rautian
Maria
M
D000818:Animals; D010247:Paramecium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; D012426:Russia; D013045:Species Specificity