title: First stand of Paramecium octaurelia in Europe and molecular characteristics of other known strains of this species.
abstract: The first stand of Paramecium octaurelia in Europe (Germany) is described and interesting intra-specific polymorphism is compared within the species using strains originating from different continents (Europe, N. America and Asia). Sequenced fragments of 5' LSU rDNA and COI mtDNA revealed that the studied strains form two groups, one with strains from Germany and USA, and a second group from Israel.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Przyboś
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tarcz
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Czubatinski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005858:Germany; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D048489:Paramecium aurelia / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D016415:Sequence Alignment