Tetrahymena pyriformis

Organismal description

Taxonomy :

Protista, Ciliophora, Cyrtophora, Oligohymenophorea, Hymenostomatia, Hymenostomatida, Tetrahymeni, Tetrahymenidae, Tetrahymena

Phenotype :

Drop-shaped, 50 micrometer-long, mobile ciliate (see Handbook of Protoctista, pg. 516, Fig. 23b, and Patterson's book).

Ecology :

Free-living in fresh water.

Ultrastructure :

Mitochondria are of the tubular cristae type.

[ Acanthamoeba | Cafeteria | Chrysodidymus | Jakoba | Malawimonas | Monosiga* | Naegleria | Ochromonas | Pedinomonas | Phytophthora* | Porphyra | Prototheca | Reclinomonas | Rhodomonas | Tetrahymena | Thraustochytrium ]
[ Fungal mtDNAs (FMGP)* | Other complete mtDNAs | Gene names | Mitochondrial Genomics ]