The Biology of Paramecium

The Biology of Paramecium by R. Wichterman.

This completely revised, updated, and expanded edition has been neces­ sitated by the many important newer discoveries that have been made since the publication of the first edition. That volume contained almost 2000 references from the 1600s to 1953. Since then and after an extensive search, I have...

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Main Author: Wichterman, R. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1986.
Edition:1st ed. 1986.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Medical microbiology.
Plant science.
Botany.
Animal anatomy.
Microbial ecology.
Zoology.
Evolutionary biology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Classification and Species of Paramecium
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Taxonomy
  • C. Genus Characteristics Emend
  • D. “Aurelia” and “Bursaria” Groups
  • E. Key to the Common Weil-Defined Species of Paramecium
  • F. Problems in the Systematics of Paramecium Species
  • G. Descriptions of the Species of Paramecium
  • 2 Morphology and Cytology of Paramecium
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Cortex: Pellicle, Ectoplasm, and Associated Structures
  • C. Endoplasm: Organelles and Inclusions
  • D. Nuclei
  • 3 Physical and Chemical Properties of the Protoplasm of Paramecium
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Permeability and Membranes
  • C. Effects of Temperature and Various Agents on Protoplasm of Paramecium
  • D. Effects of Space Flights Aboard Soviet Orbital Station Salyut 6
  • 4 The Nutritional Requirements of Paramecium: Axenic Media
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Essential Neutralities and Axenic Media for Various Species of Paramecium
  • C. Concluding Remarks
  • 5 Nutrition, Growth, and Respiration
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Ingestion and Food-Vacuole Formation
  • C. Secretion, Digestion, and Egestion
  • D. Growth and Morphogenesis
  • E. Factors That Yield Optimal Growth
  • F. Respiration
  • 6 Movement, Behavior, and Motor Response
  • A. Ciliary Movement and Locomotion
  • B. Response to Various Types of Stimuli
  • C. Behavior of Paramecium and the Question of Learning
  • 7 Reproduction, Morphogenesis, Nuclear Processes, and Sexuality
  • A. Asexual and Other Similar Processes Involving Nuclear Reorganization
  • B. Sexual Processes and Related Phenomena
  • 8 Genetics: The Mating Reaction, Mating Types, System of Breeding Relationships, and Inheritance in the Species of Paramecium
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Inheritance in Asexual or Vegetative Reproduction
  • C. Mating, Mating Types, and Inheritance in Sexual Reproduction
  • D. Some Aspects of the Mating Phenomenon and Characteristics of the Mating Substance
  • E. Regeneration and Morphogenesis
  • 9 The Life Cycle, Longevity, and Aging
  • A. Background
  • B. Isolation Cultures and Clonal Aging
  • C. Longevity and Clonal Aging in Regard to Autogamy, Cytogamy, and Conjugation
  • D. The Question of Cyst Formation in the Life Cycle
  • 10 The Antigens of Paramecium
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Surface Antigens and the Immobilization Reaction
  • C. Serological Studies on Speciation and Conjugation
  • D. Genetic Analysis: Inheritance of Antigenic Variation and Regulation of Surface-Antigen Expression
  • 11 Organisms Living in and upon Paramecium: The Endosymbionts
  • A. Paramecia as a Source of Food for Metazoan Animals: Their Role in the Food Chain in Nature
  • B. Associations of Paramecium with Other Microorganisms
  • C. Evolution of Endosymbionts of Paramecium
  • References and Bibliography.

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