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Balantidium coli is a
parasitic species of
ciliate alveolates that
causes the
disease balantidiasis. It is the only
member of the
ciliate phylum known...
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Balantidium bicavata Balantidium blattarum Balantidium bovis Balantidium cameli Balantidium caprae Balantidium caviae Balantidium chagasi Balantidium...
- reproduction) and
develops into a
schizont which contains merozoites.
Balantidium coli is the
causative agent of balantidiasis. B. coli
trophozoites grow...
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Balantidiasis is a
protozoan infection caused by
infection with
Balantidium coli.
Balantidiasis is
usually asymptomatic in
immunocompetent individuals...
- ciliates. Some
ciliates parasitize animals,
although only one species,
Balantidium coli, is
known to
cause disease in humans.
Ciliates reproduce a****ually...
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infestation in the po****tion, but not
always with
clinical manifestations),
Balantidium coli,
Blastocystis homnis,
Cryptosporidium (diarrhea in
people with immunosuppression)...
- such as the
Ciliophora and Excavata, have cytostomes. An
example is
Balantidium coli, a ciliate. In
other protozoa, and in
cells from
multicellular organisms...
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orangutan parasites are
nematodes of the
genus Strongyloides and the
ciliate Balantidium coli.
Among Strongyloides, the
species S.
fuelleborni and S. stercoralis...
- Atlantic, blue
whales also
contain the
protozoans Entamoeba,
Giardia and
Balantidium. The
global blue
whale po****tion is
estimated to be 5,000–15,000 mature...
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endosymbionts in the
digestive tracts of vertebrates.
These include the
species Balantidium coli,
which is the only
ciliate parasitic in humans. The
group Rhynchostomatia...
