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Protargol

a colloidal silver preparation that contains 7.8–8.3 percent Ag. Protargol is an antiseptic. It is ordinarily used in a 1–3 percent solution as an astringent, antiseptic, and anti-inflammatory agent to swab the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract and to wash the urethra and urinary bladder. Protargol is also used in the form of eye drops.

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Eventually, DAPI, a DNA specific staining method (Kapuscinski, 1995), protargol (Dieckmann, 1995) and dry silver nitrate (Klein, 1958) were used for species confirmation.

An improved protargol impregnation for ciliates yielding reproducible results).

Ciliated microeukaryotes (Alveolata: Ciliophora) of a lotic urban system located in Minas Gerais--Brazil

Ciliated protozoa of two Antarctic lakes: analysis by quantitative protargol staining and examination of artificial substrates.

Ciliate diversity, community structure, and novel taxa in lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

The Protargol staining technique (Zagon and Small, 1970) was applied to the preserved material to confirm the identification of the Zoothamnium species that were observed alive attached to the cover slips.

Attachment of the peritrich epibiont Zoothamnium intermedium Precht, 1935 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) to artificial substrates in a natural environment/ Colonizacao de substratos artificiais pelo peritriquio epibionte Zoothamnium intermedium Precht, 1935 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia), em um ambiente natural

The following silver impregnation techniques were carried out: protargol (Dieckmann, 1995) and "dry" silver (Klein, 1958; Foissner, 1991).

The influence of environmental characteristics on the distribution of ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) in an urban stream of southeast Brazil/ Influencia das caracteristicas ambientais sobre distribuicao dos ciliados (Protozoa, Ciliophora) em um corrego urbano no sudeste brasileiro

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