CHESSA , Maria Giovanna

Many investigations on protists indicate that they play an important role in agricultural soils. We have tested the effects of three organophosphate (OP) pesticides, basudin, cidial, and fenix, on the soil ciliate Colpoda inflata, and examined its viability, fission rate, ability to excyst and extrude macronuclear chromatin into cytoplasm....

The notable increase in agricultural and industrial activities over the last decades has caused a considerable increase in anthropogenic waste and, consequently, the presence of pollutants in both water and sediments. For this reason, there is great interest in identifying alternative models and bioassays complying with the 3Rs strategy (aimed...

our previous studies on long-term resting encystment of Colpoda inflata showed transcriptional activity of the macronucleus and the occurrence of protein synthesis. in this work we have investigated the structure, the glycoprotein composition, and the lectin-binding site localization of the cyst wall of C cullus at increasing cyst ages, by...