The ciliates are a group of alveolates characterized by the presence of hair-like organelles called cilia, which are identical in structure to eukaryotic...
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Bursaria is a genus of ciliates in the class Colpodea. They are relatively large and feed on other protists in freshwater habitats. The cell body of Bursaria...
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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...
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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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Simple columnar epithelium (redirect from Ciliated columnar epithelium)
epithelium is further divided into two categories: ciliated and non-ciliated (glandular). The ciliated part of the simple columnar epithelium has tiny hairs...
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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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The ciliate, dasycladacean and Hexamita nuclear code (translation table 6) is a genetic code used by certain ciliate, dasycladacean and Hexamita species...
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Glaucoma is a genus of freshwater ciliates in the Oligohymenophorea. Cells in this genus are between 30–150 μm long, and have three membranelles (structures...
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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...
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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...
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pseudostratified ciliated epithelium, since stratified epithelia do not have cilia. Ciliated epithelia are more common and lines the trachea, bronchi. Non-ciliated epithelia...
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Carchesium is a genus of usually colonial peritrich ciliates in the Vorticellidae with a spirally contractile stalk. The inverted bell-shaped cells have...
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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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metazoans evolved from a unicellular ciliate with multiple nuclei that went through cellularization. Firstly, the ciliate developed a ventral mouth for feeding...
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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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Anthene locuples (redirect from Curious ciliate blue)
Anthene locuples, the curious ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria (west and the Cross River loop), Cameroon...
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Telomerase RNA component (redirect from Ciliate telomerase RNA)
Telomerase RNAs differ greatly in sequence and structure between vertebrates, ciliates and yeasts, but they share a 5' pseudoknot structure close to the template...
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Anthene kersteni (redirect from Kersten's ciliate blue)
Anthene kersteni, the Kersten's hairtail or Kersten's ciliate blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from South Africa to Kenya, Uganda...
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Cupidesthes jacksoni (redirect from Jackson's ciliate blue)
Cupidesthes jacksoni, the Jackson's ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast and Ghana. The habitat consists...
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to be caused by a fungus called Fusarium solani or a similarly shaped ciliate. Human consumption of fish affected by black gill disease is harmless....
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Georg A. Goldfuss coined the word protozoa to refer to organisms such as ciliates, and this group was expanded until Ernst Haeckel made it a kingdom encompassing...
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Epithelium (redirect from Columnar ciliated epithelium)
(sebum), enzyme, digestive juices, sweat, etc. Some epithelial cells are ciliated, especially in respiratory epithelium, and they commonly exist as a sheet...
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Anthene coerulea (redirect from Mauve ciliate blue)
Anthene coerulea, the mauve ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon. Wikimedia Commons...
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Sterkiella histriomuscorum (category Ciliate species)
trifallax, is a ciliate species in the genus Sterkiella, known for its highly fragmented genomes which have been used as a model for ciliate genetics. Like...
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or ciliated eccrine gland metaplasia. Cutaneous ciliated cysts are asymptomatic. They are usually found on the lower extremities. Cutaneous ciliated cysts...
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Balantidium coli (category Ciliate species)
coli is a parasitic species of ciliate alveolates that causes the disease balantidiasis. It is the only member of the ciliate phylum known to be pathogenic...
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Paramecium (category Ciliate species)
when used as a vernacular name) is a genus of eukaryotic, unicellular ciliates, widespread in freshwater, brackish, and marine environments. Paramecia...
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The hypotrichs are a group of ciliated protozoa, common in fresh water, salt water, soil and moss. Hypotrichs possess compound ciliary organelles called...
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Anthene crawshayi (redirect from Crawshay's ciliate blue)
Anthene crawshayi, Crawshay's hairtail or Crawshay's ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau...
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