The ubiquitous occurrence of microplastics and nanoplastics in aquatic environments is of major concern as these priority pollutants are readily ingested by a wide variety of aquatic organisms.

The study marks a significant advance in the field of evolutionary genomics of ciliates, an ancient and highly diverse eukaryotic phylum with many idiosyncrasies that teach us valuable lessons, inter ...

Salinization of freshwater is increasingly observed in regions where chloride de-icing salts are applied to the roads in winter, but little is known about the effects on microbial communities. In this ...

The conjugation of Halteria grandinella was studied in protargol preparations. The isogamontic conjugants fuse partially with their ventral sides to a homopolar pair. The first maturation division ...

We thank David Prescott (University of Colorado, Boulder) for the generous gift of U. grandis DNA and insightful discussion; Li Chin Wong, Ed Curtis, and Victoria Addis for sharing unpublished data; ...