Oxytricha

Oxytricha
Oxytricha trifallax
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Sar
(unranked): Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Spirotrichea
Subclass: Stichotrichia
Order: Sporadotrichida
Family: Oxytrichidae
Genus: Oxytricha
Bory, 1824
Species

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Oxytricha is a ciliate protozoan genus in the family Oxytrichidae.

Genomics

The draft macronuclear genome of Oxytricha trifallax was published in 2013.[1]

Species

  • Oxytricha aeruginosa
  • Oxytricha bifaria
  • Oxytricha chlorelligera
  • Oxytricha discifera
  • Oxytricha elegans
  • Oxytricha fallax
  • Oxytricha ferruginea
  • Oxytricha furcata
  • Oxytricha gibba
  • Oxytricha granulifera
  • Oxytricha halophila
  • Oxytricha hymenostoma
  • Oxytricha kahlovata
  • Oxytricha lanceolata
  • Oxytricha longa
  • Oxytricha longigranulosa
  • Oxytricha ludibunda
  • Oxytricha marina
  • Oxytricha minor
  • Oxytricha ottowi
  • Oxytricha ovalis
  • Oxytricha oxymarina
  • Oxytricha parallelis
  • Oxytricha pellionella
  • Oxytricha rubra
  • Oxytricha saltans
  • Oxytricha setigera
  • Oxytricha susheelum
  • Oxytricha tricornis
  • Oxytricha trifallax
  • Oxytricha velox

References

  1. Swart EC, Bracht JR, Magrini V, Minx P, Chen X, Zhou Y, Khurana JS, Goldman AD, Nowacki M, Schotanus K, Jung S, Fulton RS, Ly A, McGrath S, Haub K, Wiggins JL, Storton D, Matese JC, Parsons L, Chang WJ, Bowen MS, Stover NA, Jones TA, Eddy SR, Herrick GA, Doak TG, Wilson RK, Mardis ER, Landweber LF (2013). "The Oxytricha trifallax macronuclear genome: a complex eukaryotic genome with 16,000 tiny chromosomes". PLoS Biol. 11 (1): e1001473. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001473. PMC 3558436Freely accessible. PMID 23382650.
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