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Balantidium coli
Species of single-celled organism / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Balantidium coli is a parasitic species of ciliate alveolates that causes the disease balantidiasis.[1][2] It is the only member of the ciliate phylum known to be pathogenic to humans.[1][2]
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Balantidium coli | |
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Balantidium coli trophozoite Scale bar: 5 μm. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Ciliophora |
Class: | Litostomatea |
Order: | Vestibuliferida |
Family: | Balantidiidae |
Genus: | Balantidium |
Species: | B. coli |
Binomial name | |
Balantidium coli (Malmsten, 1857) | |
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