Ciliate - Wikipedia
WEBThe ciliates are a group of alveolates characterized by the presence of hair-like organelles called cilia, which are identical in structure to eukaryotic flagella, but are in general shorter and present in much larger numbers, with a different undulating pattern than flagella.
Ciliate | Protists, Movement, Reproduction | Britannica
WEBCiliate, any member of the protozoan phylum Ciliophora, of which there are some 8,000 species; ciliates are generally considered the most evolved and complex of protozoans. Ciliates are single-celled organisms that, at some stage in their life cycle, possess cilia, short hairlike organelles used.
Introduction to the Ciliata - University of California Museum of ...
WEBCiliates include some of the largest free-living protists; a few genera may reach two millimeters in length. They are abundant in almost every environment with liquid water: ocean waters, marine sediments, lakes, ponds, and rivers, and even soils.
Ciliates Microscopy ** Habitats, Characteristics & Reproduction
WEBWhat are Ciliates? Essentially, ciliates are ciliated protozoans. As such, they are protists that belong to the super-group known as Alveolata along with dinoflagellates and apicomplexans. Because they are larger cells compared to other single-celled organisms, they feed on a number of other micro-organisms including bacteria and algae.
Life History and Ecology of the Ciliata - University of California ...
WEBCiliata: Life History and Ecology. Most ciliates are free-living forms. Relatively few are parasitic, and only one species, Balantidium coli, is known to cause human disease. Some other ciliates cause diseases in and may present a problem for aquaculturists; others are parasites or commensals on various invertebrates.
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WEBCiliates include some of the largest free-living unicellular organisms (the ciliate Stentor can reach 2 millimeters in length), and include a wide variety of forms. We will use Paramecium, depicted at left, as a more or less typical ciliate for demonstrating features of …
Ciliata - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
WEBCiliata, the basal group of Alveolata, have linear-mapping mitochondrial genomes with a normal gene number: two rRNAs, seven tRNAs, 21 protein-coding genes of known function, and 22 ciliate-specific ORFs (Brunk, Lee, Tran, Li, 2003; Burger et al., 2000 ).
Cilium | Definition, Function, & Facts | Britannica
WEBCapable of beating in unison, cilia move mammalian ova through oviducts, generate water currents to carry food and oxygen past the gills of clams, carry food through the digestive systems of snails, circulate cerebrospinal fluid of animals, and clean debris from the respiratory systems of mammals.
Protozoa: Ciliates: An introduction with photomicrographs of …
WEBThe Ciliates are probably the best known and the most frequently observed of the microscopic unicells. Nearly 10,000 species, both freshwater and marine, have been described, and probably many more remain to be discovered.
ADW: Ciliata: CLASSIFICATION
WEBGenus Ciliata. To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2024. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at https://animaldiversity.org. Disclaimer: The Animal Diversity Web is an educational resource written largely by and for college students. ADW doesn't cover all species in the world ...
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