paramecium
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Figure 36.25 Paramecium aurelia and Paramecium caudatum grow well individually, but when they compete for the same resources, the P. aurelia outcompetes the P. caudatum.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The micrograph on the right is a Paramecium, which is about 50 microns across and 150 microns long.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Paramecium and most other ciliates reproduce sexually by conjugation.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The ciliates, which include Paramecium and Tetrahymena, are a group of protists 10 to 3,000 micrometers in length that are covered in rows, tufts, or spirals of tiny cilia.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The book on microscopic fresh-water fauna had been explicit about Paramecium and Euglena, diatomes and rhizopods, but it had failed to mention anything so vulgar as germs.
From The Rotifers by Abernathy, Robert
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Microbiology - High School
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