1.The first hint of a breakthrough came when Blackburn was studying chromosomes in a simple pond-dwelling organism called tetrahymena.
布莱克本在研究一种简单的池生生物四膜虫的染色体时，获得了一个突破性的发现。
2.Tetrahymena is unicell eucaryou, sensitive to toxic substance in environment, ideal indicator that forecast environmental pollution early.
四膜虫是一种真核单细胞原生动物，对环境中有毒物质的毒性反应敏感，是环境污染早期预报的理想指示物种。
3.Tetrahymena: a Good Model Organism for Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
四膜虫：毒理学与生态毒理学研究中的优良模式生物