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Table 1 Tetrahymena thermophila strains used

From: Evolution of dispersal and life history strategies – Tetrahymena ciliates

Name

Distributor and reference

Geographic origin

Isolator and isolation date

D2

F. P. Doerder 18282-4

PA, USA – pond CRWP

F. P. Doerder, 2002

D3

F. P. Doerder 18296-1

PA, USA – pond SG29

F. P. Doerder, 2003

4A

CCAP 1630/4A

Unknown

Unknown

M

CCAP 1630/M

Unknown, USA

A. Phelps, 1948

P

CCAP 1630/P

Unknown, USA

A. Phelps, 1948

Q

CCAP 1630/Q

Unknown, USA

A. Phelps, 1948

20

CCAP 1630/20

Unknown

Unknown

B

ATCC 30384 (B-18687)

Woodshole, MA, USA

E.M. Simon & D.L. Nanney, 1952 S.L. Allen

E

ATCC 205043 (ME 44w)

Maine, USA – McCurdy Pond, Pemaquid.

E.M. Simon & D.L. Nanney, 1986

7

ATCC 30306 (1726 A1)

Woodshole, MA, USA

D.L. Nanney, 1953.

  1. CCAP [90]; ATCC [91]; P. Doerder: strains collected by F. P. Doerder, Cleveland State University, Ohio, USA. All CCAP strains mated with at least one ATCC or Doerder strain, proving that they were T. thermophila.