Aquatic ciliates are single-celled eukaryotes whose diverse feeding modes and rapid physiological responses underpin key processes in both marine and freshwater ecosystems. Ecophysiology examines how ...

Conjugation (or mating) of ciliates is a unique phenomenon among living beings. They have sex not for reproduction or pleasure — they seek to increase genetic variation. Scientists from St Petersburg ...

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Up close, they are beautiful and evocative — at least more than you might imagine for tiny organisms that live inside the stomachs of livestock and help generate planet-warming gases. Known as rumen ...

Ciliates are minute, single-celled organisms with several nuclei, and are abundant in freshwater, the oceans and soil. The name “ciliate” comes from 'cilia', tiny hair-like structures, which cover ...

For more than a decade, in an unassuming laboratory culture in the Czech Republic, a miniature universe quietly awaited its unveiling. Researchers believed they were monitoring marine ciliates ...

One of the oldest forms of life on Earth has been revealed as a natural born computer programmer. Scientists studying single-celled organisms called ciliates have found that the tiny animals are ...

Researchers have caught up with one of the fastest movements in nature. Able to contract faster than a racing car, Spirostomum's abilities could one day be copied to develop faster machines. The ...