Table 1.
The summary of isolates from captive African great apes.
Table 2.
The summary of isolates from captive and wild-ranging other primates.
Table 3.
The summary of isolates from domestic pigs, cattle and edible frogs.
Figure 1.
SSrDNA tree based on Trichostomatia SSrDNA sequences computed by RAxML.
A. The numbers above the branches represent Maximum likelihood bootstrap supports as computed from 1000 replicates. The scale bar represents 10 changes per 100 positions. B–E. The tree is complemented by an AU topology test, with all tested topologies shown below the main tree (topologies shown in reduced form). New sequences are marked with a star.
Figure 2.
Maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree as inferred from the ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 DNA region.
The tree was computed using PhyML with the GTR model for nucleotide substitutions. Numbers above branches indicate ML bootstrap support from 1000 replicates/PhyloBayes posterior probabilities computed with CAT model/PhyloBayes posterior probabilities computed with GTR model. New sequences are marked with a star.
Figure 3.
Reproduction of the original drawings of trophozoites of Paramecium coli, Balantidium entozoon and Buxtonella sulcata.
A. P. coli from Malmstein (1857); B. B. entozoon from Claparéde & Lachmann (1858); and C. B. sulcata from Jameson (1926).
Figure 4.
A–D: Comparison of cysts of Neobalantidium coli, Buxtonella sulcata and a Buxtonella-like ciliate; scale bars = 10 µm.
A. Cyst of N. coli from a domestic pig with visible ingested starch grains inside. B, D. Cysts of Buxtonella-like ciliate from an agile mangabey showing the trophozoite with visible rows of cilia (B, arrowhead). C. Cyst of B. sulcata from cattle with visible macronucleus (arrowhead). E. Trophozoite of Buxtonella sulcata with typical sulcus (arrowhead); scale bar = 20 µm. F. Detail of sulcus of Buxtonella sulcata (arrowhead); scale bar = 5 µm.