Table 2. Collecting Sites in North America of the Most Frequently Collected Tetrahymena Species -12/02/02

Region T. thermophia T.
elliotti
T. tropicalis T. borealis T. americanis Total
West
0
4
4
0
10
18
California
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
Mountain
0
3
0
7
19
29
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
North Central
8
6
5
7
19
45
Iowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
S. Dakota
North East
27
7
5
8
27
74
Indiana
Michigan
New York
Ohio
Ontario
Pennsylvania
New England
20
13
7
14
7
61
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
South Central
0
0
0
8
6
14
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Texas
South East
0
14
20
10
8
52
Florida
Kentucky
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Latin America
0
7
15
0
11
33
Mexico
Panama
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
TOTAL
55
54
56
54
107
326
17%
17%
17%
17%
33%
100%