Protozoa in general

Society of Protozoology: Professional organization dedicated to the study of protozoa. A very rich site with many links to photos, research groups, culture collections, and databases.

Protist Image Data: Run by the Univ. of Montreal, this site offers a large selection of protist images.

Protist Database: Another site containing a large selection of protista images (Tsukuba Univ., Japan)

Ciliates in general :

UC-Berkeley Museum of Paleontology: Run by the University of California - Berkeley Museum of Paleontology, this site offers a good professional overview of ciliates.

Encarta: Run by Microsoft this site offers a simple introduction to ciliates with links to other sites.

Glossary: Glossary run by Dr. Nancy Bowers at Portland State University. Many terms that might confuse a beginning protozoologists are defined.

Selected protozoa

Paramecium

Paramecium Swimming Behavior in Zero G. A brief summary of a recent experiment conducted by the European Space Agency.

Paramecium Overview. A broad overview of Paramecium with images collected by amateur microscopists

Paramecium putridium. A very nice description of Paramecium with particular emphasis on the species Paramecium purtinium.

Tetrahymena

Tetrahymena Genome Project: An excellent site to learn about Tetrahymena. This site is run by Dr. Eduardo Orias at UC-Santa Barbara. This site is primarily a database containing the latest information concerning the Tetrahymena genome project. However, there are several useful general pages such as a summary of Tetrahymena genetics and a detailed explanation as to how DNA -mediated transformation works in Tetrahymena.

Tetrahymena Genome analysis. An informative site concerning the Tetrahymena genes currently entered in GENBANK and an excellent table describing codon usage in Tetrahymena. This site is offered as service to the community by Kathleen Karrer's laboratory and is run by her student, Jeff Wuitschick.

Various pathological protozoa

Parasites: Site maintained by the Department of Biological Sciences at Ohio State University. This site contains many labeled images and brief descriptions of lifecycles.