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Balantidium  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A genus of protozoa parasitic in the digestive tract of vertebrate or invertebrate hosts. Asexual multiplication is accomplished by transverse binary fission. Its organisms are ovoidal in shape and have a ciliated covering over the entire body.

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Synonym(s)

  • txid71584

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-R10RLK21-1

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