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Description of Epistylis camprubii n. sp., a Species Highly Tolerant to Ammonium and Nitrite

Publication date: 17.02.2016

Acta Protozoologica, 2016, Volume 55, Issue 1, pp. 7 - 18

https://doi.org/10.4467/16890027AP.16.002.4043

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Oriol Canals
Laboratory of Protistology, Departament de Biologia Animal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Humbert Salvadó
Laboratory of Protistology, Departament de Biologia Animal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Description of Epistylis camprubii n. sp., a Species Highly Tolerant to Ammonium and Nitrite

Abstract

A new peritrich species highly tolerant to ammonium and nitrite, Epistylis camprubii n. sp., was found adhered to the biofilm of two advanced wastewater treatment plants treating high ammonium-loaded wastewater in Rubí, Spain. Its morphology, oral infraciliature and phylogenetic position in the peritrich clade were studied. The new species is a vase-shaped peritrich, constricted below the peristomial lip, with an in vivo average length of 58.7 ± 10.1 µm, average width of 32.0 ± 5.4 µm, and a longitudinally striated, compact stalk that occasionally exhibits uneven thickness and rarely shows transverse segments. The peristomial disc is commonly rounded or pointed, and rarely umbilicated. The C-shaped macronucleus is located in the adoral half of the body, and the only contractile vacuole lies in the adoral third of the zooid. The molecular analysis of the 18s gene sequence clustered E. camprubii n. sp. together with the other Epistylis, with the exception of Epistylis galea

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Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2016, Volume 55, Issue 1, pp. 7 - 18

Article type: Original article

Authors

Laboratory of Protistology, Departament de Biologia Animal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Laboratory of Protistology, Departament de Biologia Animal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Published at: 17.02.2016

Article status: Open

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Oriol Canals (Author) - 50%
Humbert Salvadó (Author) - 50%

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