Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Infection of Slugs with Theronts of the Ciliate Protozoan, Tetrahymena rostrata |
| Authors: |
Ruth E. Haites, Anne E. Watt, Derek A. Russell, Helen Billman-Jacobe |
| Source: |
Microorganisms, Vol 9, Iss 9, p 1970 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: |
MDPI AG, 2021. |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Biology (General) |
| Subject Terms: |
parasitic ciliate, theronts, trophonts, cysts, mollusks, Biology (General), QH301-705.5 |
| More Details: |
Tetrahymena rostrata is a free-living ciliated protozoan and is a facultative parasite of some species of terrestrial mollusks. It is a potential biopesticide of pest slugs, such as the grey field slug, which cause considerable damage to crops. T. rostrata has several developmental forms. Homogeneous preparations of the feeding stage cells (trophonts) and excysted stage cells (theronts) were compared for their ability to infect and kill Deroceras reticulatum slugs. Theronts were more effective and remained viable and infective, even after prolonged starvation. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2076-2607 |
| Relation: |
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/9/9/1970; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2607 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/microorganisms9091970 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/c8fa2b44b700476fac1545c7f19a828c |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.8fa2b44b700476fac1545c7f19a828c |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
