Paramecium or paramecia are single-celled protists that are naturally found in aquatic habitats. They are typically oblong or slipper-shaped and are covered with short hairy structures called cilia.

Former syngens 1-14 of Paramecium aurelia arc characterized and assigned respectively the names P. primaurelia, P. biaurelia, P. triaurelia, P. tetraurelia, P ...

Ciliates are unique among unicellular organisms in that they separate germline and somatic functions 1. Each cell harbours two kinds of nucleus, namely silent diploid micronuclei and highly polyploid ...

Few organisms rank lower in life than the gelatinous, pond-dwelling paramecium. It consists of one cell, two orifices, and thousands of hairy feet that project from its surface like beard stubble. Yet ...

When two organisms live together so closely that they merge into a functional unit, this is known as symbiosis. In the "1+1=1" project, an international, interdisciplinary research team is ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Mating types have been found in four species of Paramecium, in addition to the two previously reported: in P. trichium and P. calkinsi, by ...

Robotics World’s first ciliary microrobots could change the way we take medicine September 17, 2016 The new type of highly maneuverable microrobot uses a propulsion system inspired by the ciliated ...

This week’s tip is adapted from a commencement speech I gave recently at the University of Pennsylvania. You can watch the entire speech here. The paramecium is an amazing organism. It survives and ...

Semiconductors aren’t the only silicon technology racing to outpace Moore’s Law. Researchers from Cornell University unveiled an entire robot that is teensy enough to fit most anywhere in the human ...