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Description:
Paramecium bursaria - this species of Paramecium is squatter than the more familiar aurelia or caudatum-like species, and is also distinguished because it contains symbiotic green algae. The light structure to the left of centre is the opening to the mouth. Phase contrast micrograph.
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Oligohymenophorea
- Peniculida (Peniculid)
- Parameciidae
- Paramecium (slipper animalcules)
- Paramecium bursaria (green slipper animalcule)
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- A. Feng, Wie-Song and D. J. Patterson
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