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Ciliate
Ciliate Cil"i*ate, Ciliated Cil"i*a`ted, a.
Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf;
endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of
the windpipe.
Meaning of Ciliates from wikipedia
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other ciliates. Some
ciliates parasitize animals,
although only one species,
Balantidium coli, is
known to
cause disease in humans.
Ciliates reproduce...
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ingest other protists,
including algae and
other ciliates.
Bursaria are the largest-sized
colpodean ciliates.
Bursaria is the sole
genus in the
family Bursariidae...
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called trumpet animalcules, are a
genus of filter-feeding,
heterotrophic ciliates,
representative of the heterotrichs. They are
usually horn-shaped, and...
- name) is a
genus of eukaryotic,
unicellular ciliates,
commonly studied as a
model organism of the
ciliate group.
Paramecium are
widespread in freshwater...
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Stokesia is a
genus of single-celled
ciliates in the
family Stokesiidae. The only
species in this
genus is
Stokesia vernalis.
Stokesiidae on www.taxonomy...
- Ciliophora, or
ciliates, are a
group of
protists that
utilize cilia for locomotion.
Examples include Paramecium, Stentors, and Vorticella.
Ciliates are widely...
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Opercularia is a
genus of freshwater, colonial,
sessiline peritrich ciliates. As
consumers of free
bacteria in the water,
several species of Opercularia...
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zoologist C. T. von
Siebold proposed that the
bodies of
protozoa such as
ciliates and
amoebae consisted of
single cells,
similar to
those from
which the...
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Lacrymaria is a
genus of
ciliates. Its best
known species is the "Tear of Swan",
Lacrymaria olor. The
genus includes the
following species: Lacrymaria...
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Uronema is a
genus of
ciliates in the
family Uronematidae.
Histoire naturelle des zoophytes. Infusoires:
comprenant la
physiologie et la classification...
