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| Species: | C. uncinata
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| Chilodonella uncinata (Ehrenberg, 1838)[1]
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Chilodonella uncinata is a single-celled organism of the ciliate class of alveolates. As a ciliate, C. uncinata has cilia covering its body and a dual nuclear structure, the micronucleus and macronucleus.[2][3][4][5] Unlike some other ciliates, C. uncinata contains millions of minichromosomes (somatic chromosomes) in its macronucleus while its micronucleus is estimated to contain 3 chromosomes. Childonella uncinata is the causative agent of Chilodonelloza, a disease that affects the gills and skin of fresh water fish, and may act as a facultative of mosquito larva.
- ^ Alan Warren (2010). "Chilodonella uncinata (Ehrenberg, 1838)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
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- ^ McGrath, C. L.; Zufall, R. A.; Katz, L. A. (2006). "Ciliate genome evolution". In Katz, Laura A.; Bhattacharya, Debashish (eds.). Genomics and Evolution of Microbial Eukaryotes. Oxford University Press. pp. 64–77. ISBN 978-0-19-922905-5.
- ^ Prescott, DM (1994). "The DNA of ciliated protozoa". Microbiological Reviews. 58 (2): 233–67. doi:10.1128/MMBR.58.2.233-267.1994. PMC 372963. PMID 8078435.
- ^ Yao, Meng-Chao; Duharcourt, Sandra; Chalker, Douglas L. (2002). "Genome-Wide Rearrangements of DNA in Ciliates". In Craig, Nancy L. (ed.). Mobile DNA II. pp. 730–758. ISBN 978-1-55581-209-6.