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Earlier works presented a variety of techniques for detection of chemoattractants in ciliates. The present agar layer model and the used double-P cutter give an easy, reproducible way of quantitative evaluation of positive chemotaxis. Beside the two-channel chamber, the multichannel one seems to be also useful in characterization of different taxons or different chemoattractants.
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Köhidai, L. Method for determination of chemoattraction in Tetrahymena pyriformis . Current Microbiology 30, 251–253 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00293642
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