Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................. vii
Preface to the Third Edition ................................................................................................................ ix
List of Figures .................................................................................................................................... xvii
List of Tables ..................................................................................................................................... xxxiii
1 Introduction and Progress in the Last Half Century ..................................................................... 1
1.1 The Ages of Discovery (1880–1930) and Exploitation (1930–1950) ................................. 2
1.2 The Age of the Infraciliature (1950–1970) ......................................................................... 2
1.3 The Age of Ultrastructure (1970–1990) .............................................................................. 5
1.4 The Age of Refinement (1990–Present) .............................................................................. 11
1.5 Major Differences in the New Scheme ................................................................................ 13
1.6 Guide to Remaining Chapters .............................................................................................. 14
2 Glossary of Terms and Concepts Useful in Ciliate Systematics .................................................. 15
3 Characters and the Rationale Behind the New Classification ...................................................... 75
3.1 At the Genus-Species Level ................................................................................................. 76
3.1.1 Life History, Ecology, and Cultivation .................................................................... 76
3.1.2 Morphology and Multivariate Morphometrics ........................................................ 77
3.1.3 Genetics ................................................................................................................... 79
3.1.4 Isoenzymes and Biochemistry ................................................................................. 80
3.1.5 Gene Sequences ....................................................................................................... 80
3.1.6 Summary .................................................................................................................. 81
3.2 Above the Genus-Species Level .......................................................................................... 82
3.2.1 Ultrastructure, Especially of the Cortex .................................................................. 82
3.2.2 Morphogenetic Patterns ........................................................................................... 83
3.2.3 Gene and Protein Sequences.................................................................................... 84
3.2.4 Summary .................................................................................................................. 85
3.3 Taxonomy and Nomenclature .............................................................................................. 85
3.3.1 The Matter of Types ................................................................................................ 86
3.3.2 Important Dates ....................................................................................................... 87
3.3.3 About Names ........................................................................................................... 87
3.3.4 Summary .................................................................................................................. 87
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