Paramecium (/ˌpærəˈmiːs(i)əm/ PARR-ə-MEE-s(ee-)əm, /-siəm/ -see-əm, plural "paramecia" only when used as a vernacular name) is a genus of eukaryotic,...
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Paramecium caudatum is a species of unicellular protist in the phylum Ciliophora. They can reach 0.33 mm in length and are covered with minute hair-like...
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Paramecium aurelia are unicellular organisms belonging to the genus Paramecium of the phylum Ciliophora. They are covered in cilia which help in movement...
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Paramecium bursaria is a species of ciliate found in marine and brackish waters. It has a mutualistic endosymbiotic relationship with green algae called...
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Paramecium woodruffi is a species of unicellular organisms belonging to the genus Paramecium of the phylum Ciliophora. It was first isolated in 1928 by...
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ParameciumDB is a database for the genome and biology of the ciliate Paramecium tetraurelia. Paramecium Arnaiz, Olivier; Cain Scott; Cohen Jean; Sperling...
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Paramecium sonneborni is a species of unicellular organisms belonging to the genus Paramecium of the phylum Ciliophora. It was first isolated in Texas...
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Paramecium biaurelia is a species of unicellular ciliates under the genus Paramecium, and one of the cryptic species of Paramecium aurelia. It is a free-living...
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Autogamy (section Paramecium aurelia)
environments. Paramecium aurelia is the most commonly studied protozoan for autogamy. Similar to other unicellular organisms, Paramecium aurelia typically...
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amplification in Paramecium tetraurelia is an example of gene amplification that has occurred in the unicellular organism Paramecium tetraurelia. Gene...
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mechanism is unknown. After a certain number of generations (200–350, in Paramecium aurelia, and as many as 1,500 in Tetrahymena) the cell shows signs of...
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by heterotrophy. Traditional textbook examples of protozoa are Amoeba, Paramecium, Euglena and Trypanosoma. The word "protozoa" (singular protozoon) was...
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American biologist. His life's study was ciliated protozoa of the group Paramecium. Sonneborn attended the Baltimore City Public Schools and graduated from...
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different ways of preventing cytolysis from occurring. For example, the paramecium uses a contractile vacuole, which rapidly pumps out excessive water to...
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cylindrical cells, bacteria, on left) and a single-celled eukaryote, Paramecium Coast redwood Blue whale The eukaryotes are a diverse lineage, consisting...
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neck) and inguinal (in the groin) lymph nodes. The single-cell eukaryote Paramecium tetraurelia can undergo both asexual and sexual reproduction. Asexual...
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longer. The best-understood contractile vacuoles belong to the protists Paramecium, Amoeba, Dictyostelium and Trypanosoma, and to a lesser extent the green...
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amoeba and paramecium. Amoeba Amoeba uses pseudopodia to capture food for nutrition in a process called phagocytosis. Paramecium Paramecium uses cilia...
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visible bodies after artificial stimulation. Filamentous trichocysts in Paramecium and other ciliates are discharged as filaments composed of a cross-striated...
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Holospora is an intracellular parasite found in the unicellular protozoa Paramecium. Draft genome sequences are available for three Holospora species and...
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group of protists that utilize cilia for locomotion. Examples include Paramecium, Stentors, and Vorticella. Ciliates are widely abundant in almost all...
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Paramecia (an extinct red alga) is also the plural of the name of the genus Paramecium (which is in the SAR supergroup), which can also lead to confusion. A...
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cytoplasmic symbionts, occurring in some strains of the ciliate Paramecium. Paramecium strains possessing the particles are known as "killer paramecia"...
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movement of paramecium. This helps the cell avoid obstacles and causes other objects to bounce off of the cell's outer membrane. The paramecium does this...
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experiments on the single-celled green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, using paramecium as a predator. They found that in the presence of this predator, C. reinhardtii...
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"outside" and πλάσμα plasma, "anything formed." Cytoplasm Endoplasm "Paramecium Coloring". www.biologycorner.com. Retrieved 23 April 2018. Arthur C. Guyton...
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sequence of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum reveals a shift in nucleotide composition and codon usage within the genus Paramecium". BMC Genomics. 12: 272...
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gametes. A few types of organisms, such as many fungi and the ciliate Paramecium aurelia, have more than two "sexes", called mating types. Most animals...
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their genes collaborating to manipulate the host Unicellular organism Paramecium One cell, with organelles e.g. cilia for specific functions Yes Inter-cellular...
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the end with a mouth (or equivalent structure, such as the cytostome in Paramecium or Stentor), or the end that usually points in the direction of the organism's...
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