cytostome

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Noun1.cytostome - mouth of a protozoan
protozoan, protozoon - any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
mouth - the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth"
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Zytostom
세포구
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The fine structure of the cytostome of the apostomatous ciliate Hyalophysa chattoni.
Causes, diagnostics, and distribution of an ongoing penaeid shrimp black gill epidemic in the U.S. South Atlantic Bight
The cytostome was observed at the anterior part of the non-ciliary zone and led to a conspicuous cytopharynx (Fig.1B).
First Record of Chilodonella spp. (Ciliophora: Chilodonellidae) in Cultured Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in the Central Region of Saudi Arabia
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