The intergenic region between the hemoglobin (hb) and nucleosome assembly protein-1 (nap-1) genes in the Paramecium caudatum macronuclear genome was previously found to be heterogeneously composed. Cloning of this intergenic region from the macronuclear genomic DNA identified four unique DNA fragments of different sizes. Sequencing of the cloned fragments revealed extreme heterogeneity and char...

Contrary to an earlier report suggesting clonal immortality in Paramecium caudatum, the clones of the same species in this study terminated inevitably with a maximal life-span of 658 fissions and showed, prior to clonal death, decreased fission rate, increased probability of the appearance of non-dividing or dead cells after cell division, and increased frequency of morphological abnormality an...

d-Galacturonic acid (GalA) is an important component of GalA-containing polysaccharides in Ornithogalum caudatum. The incorporation of GalA into these polysaccharides from UDP-d-galacturonic acid (UDP-GalA) was reasonably known. However, the cDNAs involved in the biosynthesis of UDP-GalA were still unknown. In the present investigation, one candidate UDP-d-glucuronic acid 4-epimerase (UGlcAE) f...

In the quest for new medicines, the methanolic, hexanic, and aqueous extracts of Adiantum caudatum leaves, obtained by Soxhlet extraction, were analyzed for phenolic and flavonoid contents, and antioxidant and antimicrobial potential. TPCs (total phenolic content) of the methanolic, aqueous and hexanic extracts were 27.7, 21.1, and 16.7 μg of gallic acid equivalents per mL, respectively, while ...

In the present study experiments were conducted to evaluate the toxic effects of monocrotophos on ciliate models Paramecium caudatum and Oxytricha fallax, which can be considered as ideal organisms for investigating water quality fluctuations and risk assessment of pesticides. Cell viability, cell morphology, cell behaviour and macronucleus tests were performed using to different concentrations...

[This corrects the article on p. 1189 in vol. 8, PMID: 28702015.].

1. Irradiation with three short ultraviolet (UV) wave lengths, 226, 233, and 239 mmicro rapidly immobilizes Paramecium caudatum, the dosage required being smaller the shorter the wave length. 85 per cent of paramecia immobilized with wave length 226 mmicro recover completely. Recovery from immobilizing doses is less the longer the wave length. 2. Irradiation continued after immobilization kills...