Novel ciliate in extremely salty water discovered

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Fotedar, R., Stoeck, T., Filker, S., Agatha, S., Fell, J., Al Marri, M. & Jiang, J. (2016) Description of the Halophile Euplotes qatarensis nov. spec. (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea, Euplotida) Isolated from the Hypersaline Khor Al-Adaid Lagoon in Qatar. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. doi: 10.1111/jeu.1230