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In cells of the ciliated protozoa Stentor polymorphus and S. roeseli, infections by microsporidia were observed. In both stentors, the microsporidia were maintained in the laboratory and new cells could be infected when transferred to a culture of parasitized cells. The parasites were more pathogenic on S. roeseli than on S. polymorphus, which harbors green algal endocytobionts.
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Görtz, H.D. Infections of Stentor roeseli and S. polymorphus (Ciliophora, Heterotrichida) by microsporidia. Parasitol Res 74, 34–35 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00534929
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