ナショナルバイオリソースプロジェクト（NBRP）ゾウリムシ

	The ciliate Paramecium species are model organisms widely used for various researches on eukaryotes. Yamaguchi University has been acting as the core facility for Paramecium resources in the world under the National BioResource Project (NBRP) of the MEXT to distribute various Paramecium strains worldwide. more Left photo: Paramecium caudatum with symbiotic bacteria Holospora obtusa in the macronucleus. Center: P. bursaria with Chlorella variabilis in the cytoplasm (Kodama and Fujishima, 2010) Right: Autofluorescence of chlorophyll within chloroplast. Fluorescence of nucleus is DAPI.

Contents

Request for distribution

We distribute strains kept in the core facility.
(Request for paramecia used for juvenile fishes is here.)

Request for deposit

Request to deposit newly obtained or developed strains.

Browse strain data

We focus on collecting strains that are maintained locally.

Research Result

Contact Us

	Representative: Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University Fujishima Masahiro E-mail:fujishim( )yamaguchi-u.ac.jp　 replace ( ) with @ 〒753-8512 1677-1, Yoshida, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi JAPAN

What's new!

30th August 2018

We began offering a Paramecium strain suitable for feed of juveniles such as medaka and zebrafish.
Please click on the blue letters of "request for distribution" in the Contents column.

5th August 2014

The list of strains available for distribution was updated.
The MTA was updated.

7th April 2014

Prices of resources were revised.

2nd October 2013

Publications and Invited Lectures were added to the Achievements page.


	Activity

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