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ciliated protozoan - a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell

protozoan, protozoon - any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic

Ciliata, Ciliophora, class Ciliata, class Ciliophora - class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle

infusorian - any member of the subclass Infusoria

paramecia, paramecium - any member of the genus Paramecium

tetrahymena - relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research

stentor - any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor

vorticella - any of various protozoa having a transparent goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk

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Proliferation of Legionella pneumophila as an intracellular parasite of the ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena pyriformis.

Growth Characteristics, Metal Uptake and Expression Analysis of Copper Metallothionein in a Newly Reported Ciliate, Tetrahymena farahensis

The aim of this study was to explore whether the ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila promotes the transfer of plasmid-mediated quinolone-resistance (PMQR) genes in bacteria.

Effect of ciliates in transfer of plasmid-mediated quinolone-resistance genes in bacteria

Samples of fermentation fluid for counting the ciliated protozoan population were collected in duplicates and were fixed with an equal volume of 8% formaldehyde.

EFFECTS OF SELECTED MEDICINAL PLANTS ON RUMEN FERMENTATION IN A HIGH-CONCENTRATE DIET IN VITRO

Bacteria carrying a virus (a bacteriphage) that packs the Shiga toxin gene (Stx) may depend on it for protection from bacterial predators like the ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena.

Crossfire at the salad bar?

coli, a ciliated protozoan parasite, infects primates and pigs, and is the largest protozoan to infect humans.

Balantidium coli-induced pulmonary haemorrhage with iron deficiency

Serological types among thirty-one strains of the ciliated protozoan, Tetrahymena pyriformis.

Induction of the macrostomal form of Tetrahymena vorax by a synthetic ferrous iron chelate of hypoxanthine and uracil

(Athens, GA) has patented a ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena which exemplifies a recombinant system for the expression of heterologous nucleic acids, preferably on the plasma membrane surface.

University of Georgia obtains United States patent