Tetrahymena
Tetrahymena is a genus of free-living ciliates, examples of unicellular eukaryotes. The genus Tetrahymena is the most widely studied member of its phylum. It can produce, store and react with different types of hormones. Tetrahymena cells can recognize both related and hostile cells.
Species
Genus
- PhylumCiliophora
- ClassOligohymenophorea
- OrderTetrahymenida
- FamilyTetrahymenidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Research
7,592 papers- Identification of a specific telomere terminal transferase activity in Tetrahymena extracts.Cell · 1985
- Tetrahymena as a Unicellular Model Eukaryote: Genetic and Genomic Tools.Genetics · 2016
- Importance of protozoa Tetrahymena in toxicological studies: A review.The Science of the total environment · 2020
- Lysosomes in Tetrahymena.
Article
13 sectionsContents
- ''T. thermophila'': a model organism in experimental biology
- Life cycle
- Behavior
- DNA repair
- Phenotypic and genotypic plasticity
- Inducible trophic polymorphisms
- Metal resistance, gene and genome amplification
- Enhanced motility and dispersal
- Species in genus
- In education
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Tetrahymena is a genus of free-living ciliates, examples of unicellular eukaryotes. The genus Tetrahymena is the most widely studied member of its phylum. It can produce, store and react with different types of hormones. Tetrahymena cells can recognize both related and hostile cells.
Tetrahymena are commonly endosymbiont hosts to green algae, from which it receives oxygen, helping the host organism survive in anoxic environments. They are common in freshwater lakes, ponds, and streams.