Genus Entodinium Stein, 1858

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• Entodinium Stein, F. 1858. Ueber mehrere neue im Pansen der Wiederkäuer lebende Infusionsthiere. Abhandlungen der Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Prague 10: 69–70.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from Queensland and regions unspecified.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Symbiotic (host(s): Macropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817) [MACROPODIDAE] Red-necked Wallaby (syn. M. bennetti; in stomach); Macropus robustus Gould, 1841 [MACROPODIDAE] Common Wallaroo; Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Ox).

General References

Burow, L.C., Gobius, K.S., Vanselow, B.A. & Klieve, A.V. 2005. A lack of predatory interaction between rumen ciliate protozoa and Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli. Letters in Applied Microbiology 40: 117-122

Dellow, D.W., Hume, I.D., Clarke, R.T.J. & Bauchop, T. 1988. Microbial activity in the forestomach of free-living macropodid marsupials: comparisons with laboratory studies. Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 383-395

Klieve, A.V., Holroyd, R.G., Turner, A.F. & Lindsay, J.A. 1998. Rumen bacterial and protozoal populations in cattle being relocated in tropical Queensland. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 49: 1153-1159

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