The ciliates are a group of alveolates characterized by the presence of hair-like organelles called cilia, which are identical in structure to eukaryotic...

called trumpet animalcules, are a genus of filter-feeding, heterotrophic ciliates, representative of the heterotrichs. They are usually horn-shaped, and...

Bursaria is a genus of ciliates in the class Colpodea. They are relatively large and feed on other protists in freshwater habitats. The cell body of Bursaria...

Opercularia is a genus of freshwater, colonial, sessiline peritrich ciliates. As consumers of free bacteria in the water, several species of Opercularia...

The ciliate, dasycladacean and Hexamita nuclear code (translation table 6) is a genetic code used by certain ciliate, dasycladacean and Hexamita species...

epithelium is further divided into two categories: ciliated and non-ciliated (glandular). The ciliated part of the simple columnar epithelium has tiny hairs...

zoologist C. T. von Siebold proposed that the bodies of protozoa such as ciliates and amoebae consisted of single cells, similar to those from which the...

egg cell from the ovary to the uterus. In the ventricles of the brain ciliated ependymal cells circulate the cerebrospinal fluid. The functioning of motile...

Stokesia is a genus of single-celled ciliates in the family Stokesiidae. The only species in this genus is Stokesia vernalis. Stokesiidae on www.taxonomy...

Uronema is a genus of ciliates in the family Uronematidae. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes. Infusoires: comprenant la physiologie et la classification...

Glaucoma is a genus of freshwater ciliates in the Oligohymenophorea. Cells in this genus are between 30–150 µm long, and have three membranelles (structures...

pseudostratified ciliated epithelium, since stratified epithelia do not have cilia. Ciliated epithelia are more common and lines the trachea, bronchi. Non-ciliated epithelia...

Carchesium is a genus of usually colonial peritrich ciliates in the Vorticellidae with a spirally contractile stalk. The inverted bell-shaped cells have...

name) is a genus of eukaryotic, unicellular ciliates, commonly studied as a model organism of the ciliate group. Paramecium are widespread in freshwater...

In bioinformatics, the Ciliate MDS/IES database is a biological database of spirotrich genes. Spirotrich Cavalcanti, Andre R O; Clarke Thomas H; Landweber...

Ciliophora, or ciliates, are a group of protists that utilize cilia for locomotion. Examples include Paramecium, Stentors, and Vorticella. Ciliates are widely...

Telomerase RNAs differ greatly in sequence and structure between vertebrates, ciliates and yeasts, but they share a 5' pseudoknot structure close to the template...

metazoans evolved from a unicellular ciliate with multiple nuclei that went through cellularization. Firstly, the ciliate developed a ventral mouth for feeding...

Georg A. Goldfuss coined the word protozoa to refer to organisms such as ciliates, and this group was expanded until Ernst Haeckel made it a kingdom encompassing...

(sebum), enzyme, digestive juices, sweat, etc. Some epithelial cells are ciliated, especially in respiratory epithelium, and they commonly exist as a sheet...

Lacrymaria is a genus of ciliates. Its best known species is the "Tear of Swan", Lacrymaria olor. The genus includes the following species: Lacrymaria...

to be caused by a fungus called Fusarium solani or a similarly shaped ciliate. Human consumption of fish affected by black gill disease is harmless....

is glabrous to mildly hairy, the underside hairless to averagely hairy, ciliate towards the leaf base. The structure of the flower—usually from the three...

Anthene coerulea, the mauve ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon. Wikimedia Commons...

or ciliated eccrine gland metaplasia. Cutaneous ciliated cysts are asymptomatic. They are usually found on the lower extremities. Cutaneous ciliated cysts...

trifallax, is a ciliate species in the genus Sterkiella, known for its highly fragmented genomes which have been used as a model for ciliate genetics. Like...

Didinium is a genus of unicellular ciliates with at least ten accepted species. All are free-living carnivores. Most are found in fresh and brackish water...

hairs, or thickly covered on both surfaces, with the margins ciliate (hairy), or just ciliate at the base. Both growth low to the ground and leaf hairiness...

photosynthetic organisms. Almost all sequenced mitochondrial genomes of ciliates and apicomplexa are linear. The mitochondria almost all carry mtDNA of...

Anthene lachares, the silky ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria,...