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John O. Corliss; Guide to the Literature on Tetrahymena: A companion piece to Elliott's "General Bibliography". Trans.Amer.Micros.Soc. 92(3):468-491, 1973

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The literature on various aspects of the biology of Tetrahymena continues to grow enormously. To date, counting full papers, abstracts, review papers, notes, etc., nearly 3,000 "tetrahymenological" research works have been published, appearing in over 275 books or journals in 8-10 different languages and involving over 1,200 investigators. Over half of these papers bear dates more recent than 1958. Also more than three-quarters of them are of a biochemical or physiological nature, with the type-species T. pyriformis by far the most popular as the experimental organism. In a forthcoming volume on Tetrahymena edited by A.M. Elliott, a "General Bibliography" is included which contains over 1,700 references of full papers, with complete citations given for each. The present paper discusses the nature and the values of Elliott's bibliography and offers a gudie to all of the tehahymenological literature. In outlining in a historical way the four principal areas or categories of research on the 10 recognized species in the genus, works directly cited are limited primarily to major review articles of recent vintage which themselves are rich in references; however, selected citation is also made of publications representing beak-through discoveries or landmarks of significance in the history of reseach on Tetrahymena. Some two dozen abstracts of special importance are also cited in full. In spite of its natural dependence on the exhaustive "General Bibliography" to be available in the Elliott-edited book (publication anticipated before the end of the summer of 1973), the present report itself contains over 230 references and may be considered to represent a literature guide with a considerable degree of innate completeness.