Scanning Electron Microscope image of ciliate protozoa. Focus: The systematics and diversity of free-living ciliates, particularly marine and brackish forms in costal waters We are focusing our ...

Ciliates, just like humans, are colonized by a vast diversity of bacteria. Some ciliates and their bacterial symbionts have become friends for life, as researchers from the Max Planck Institute for ...

You must use a microscope to spot the new helpers that can assist in biological soil clean-up (bioremediation). They are small, mobile microorganisms, such as the unicellular slipper-shaped ciliates ...

The endosymbiont Candidatus Azoamicus mariagerensis and its ciliate host under the fluorescence microscope. Visible is the endosymbiont (stained yellow), and the ciliate host (stained purple). The ...

Ciliates, just like humans, are colonized by a vast diversity of bacteria. Some ciliates and their bacterial symbionts have become friends for life, as Max Planck researchers and their colleagues ...

Ciliates are minute, single-celled organisms with several nuclei, and are abundant in freshwater, the oceans and soil. The name “ciliate” comes from 'cilia', tiny hair-like structures, which cover ...