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FORTY soil samples collected around Kiating and its vicinity, Szechuen, have been studied. Fifty-seven species of Protozoa were recorded: 24 species flagellates, 10 species Sarcodina and 23 species ciliates. Among them, several species were found for the first time in soil. They are, among the flagellates, Cryptochrysis commutata, Peridinium sp.; among the Sarcodina, Amæba guttula, Amæba striata; and among the ciliates, Frontonia sp., Chilodon capucinus, Chilodon fluviatilis, Vorticella chlorostigma, Vorticella nutans. The most common species found are Oikomonas termo, Monas vulgaris, Amæba limax, Hartmanella hyalina, Cercomonas longicauda, Nægleria gruberi and Colpoda cucullus. They are present in 70–100 per cent of the samples examined. Casual observations indicate that the greatest number of species found in one single sample is around seventeen, and the least one or two.
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GAW, H. Soil Protozoa in some Chinese Soils. Nature 147, 390 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147390c0
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