In the new study, Ritchie and her colleagues report that a single-celled organism called a ciliate, which was identified last ...

This finding raises fears that the pathogen—a waterborne ciliate—could spread further, to the Pacific Ocean. The researchers warn that this is a highly aggressive global pandemic, and are now ...

Focus: The systematics and diversity of free-living ciliates, particularly marine and brackish forms in costal waters We are focusing our research on the systematics and diversity of free-living ...