The Oligotrich Ciliate Strobilidium gyrans: Its Fresh-Water Environment, Laboratory Culture Conditions, and Stalking Behavior

1 October 1979

journal article
research article
Published by JSTOR in Transactions of the American Microscopical Society

Vol. 98 (4) , 529-536
https://doi.org/10.2307/3225903

Abstract

Several features of the stalking phenomena of S. gyrans were measured and analyzed. Parameters studied were: stalk elongation rate, rotation rate and an organism-stalk bending phenomenon. Elongation is continuous and may be related functionally to rotation. Several stalking characteristics are discussed for their possible contribution to efficient feeding. Some analyses are supported with SEM [scanning electron microscope] micrographs. Some physicochemical parameters of their environment and techniques of laboratory culture are recorded and discussed.

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