Paramecium strains collected in Central Russia, Western Siberia (the West Siberian Lowland and the Altai Mountains in the south) were studied. The presence of P. caudatum, P. bursaria, P. multimicronucleatum, P. polycaryum, and four species of the P. aurelia complex, i.e. P. primaurelia (in Omsk), P. biaurelia (in Krasnoyarsk and the Altai Mountains), P. triaurelia (in Krasnoyarsk), and P. pentaurelia (in Novosibirsk, Altai Foreland, and Altai Mountains) was revealed. P. triaurelia and P. pentaurelia were found for the first time in Asia.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)127-131
Number of pages5
JournalFolia Biologica
Volume54
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2006

    Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)

    Research areas

  • Distribution of species, Paramecium aurelia species complex, Species expansion

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