Description of two ciliated protists from agricultural soils of India

Authors

  • Arnab Ghosh
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Daizy Bharti
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Prakash Chand Pathania
     High Altitude Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Saproon – 173211, Solan, Himachal Pradesh
  • Santosh Kumar
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v124/i1/2024/169070

Keywords:

Agricultural fields, Bakuella (Bakuella) granulifera, Ciliate, Extrusomes, Microdileptus indica n. sp., Urostylid

Abstract

The study describes two ciliated protists: Bakuella (Bakuella) granulifera Foissner et al., 2002, new record to Indian fauna, and a novel species, Microdileptus indica n. sp., collected from agricultural fields in Punjab, India. Microdileptus indica n. sp. is characterized by the presence of colourless cortical granules, 4-5 contractile vacuoles on the dorsal surface, two macronuclear nodules with one micronucleus in between, and two types of extrusomes—one slightly dumbbell-shaped and the other rod-shaped—both located in the proboscis and the body. Descriptions of the species based on observations of live cells and after protargol impregnation have been presented.

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2024-11-06

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Ghosh, A., Bharti, D., Pathania, P. C., & Kumar, S. (2024). Description of two ciliated protists from agricultural soils of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 124(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v124/i1/2024/169070

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