Table 1 Protozoan species used in this investigation. The classification indicates the diversity and relationships of species included. Protozoan classification is currently under review: this is taken from [19] and incorporates the latest information on Blepharisma [15].
Protozoan Species | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Species |
Ciliophora | Spirotrichea | Heterotrichida | Spirostomidae | Blepharisma japonicum |
Spirostomum ambiguum | ||||
Climacostomidae | Climacostomum virens | |||
Stentoridae | Stentor coeruleus | |||
Stichotrichida | Oxytrichidae | Stylonychia mytilus | ||
Colpodea | Colpodida | Colpodidae | Colpoda steinii | |
Nassophorea | Peniculada | Parameciidae | Paramecium caudatum | |
Paramecium putrinum | ||||
Paramecium bursaria | ||||
Euplotida | Euplotidae | Euplotes patella | ||
Oligohymenophorea | Hymenostomatida | Turaniellidae | Colpidium campylum | |
Sessilida | Opisthonectida | Telotrochidium henneguyi | ||
Vorticellidae | Vorticella microstoma | |||
Litostomatea | Haptorida | Didiniidae | Didinium nasutum | |
Lacrymariidae | Lacrymaria olor | |||
Pharyngophorida | Tracheliidae | Dileptus anser | ||
Rhizopoda | Lobosea | Amoebida | Amoebidae | Chaos carolinensis |
Amoeba proteus | ||||
Euglenozoa | Euglenea | Euglenida | Euglenidae | Euglena gracilis |