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ArticleMicrobial ecology2022

Comparative Analysis Between Paramecium Strains with Different Syngens Using the RAPD Method.

Sonoko Matsumoto, Kenta Watanabe, Akiko Imamura, Masato Tachibana, Takashi Shimizu, Masahisa Watarai

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Article in Microbial ecology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sonoko Matsumoto *Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Kenta Watanabe *Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Akiko ImamuraLaboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Masato TachibanaNational BioResource Project Paramecium, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Takashi ShimizuJoint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.
Masahisa WataraiJoint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan. watarai@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3477-3135
Yamaguchi University · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 17H03914Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 19K06383
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paramecium spp. are a genus of free-living protists that live mainly in freshwater environments. They are ciliates with high motility and phagocytosis and have been used to analyze cell motility and as a host model for pathogens. Besides such biological characteristics, apart from the usual morphological and genetic classification of species, the existence of taxonomies (such as syngens) and mating types related to Paramecium's unique reproduction is known. In this study, we attempted to develop a simple method to identify Paramecium strains, which are difficult to distinguish morphologically, using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis. Consequently, we can observe strain-specific band patterns. We also confirm that the presence of endosymbiotic Chlorella cells affects the band pattern of P. bursaria. Furthermore, the results of the RAPD analysis using several P. caudatum strains with different syngens show that it is possible to detect a band specific to a certain syngen. By improving the reaction conditions and random primers, based on the results of this study, RAPD analysis can be applied to the identification of Paramecium strains and their syngen confirmation tests.

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ChlorellaParameciumRandom Amplified Polymorphic DNA TechniqueSymbiosisMating typeParameciumRAPD analysisSyngen

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