Paramecium are a part of a group of organisms known as ciliates, according to California Institute of Technology. ... this excess water leaves the paramecium body through a pore in the pellicle.

No coagulum or pellicle forms in fluid that is not meningitic or syphilitic in character. Fluid from cases of syphilis of the central nervous system forms no coagulum or pellicle, but often contains ...

Anyone who has taken high school biology has likely come into contact with a ciliate. The much-studied paramecium is one of 7,000 species of ciliates, a vast group of microorganisms that share a ...

Loxophyllum Ciliate Protozoan. Loxophyllum is a predatory protozoan. These single-celled organisms are ciliates, being covered in hair-like structures known as cilia. The cilia beat in synchronized ...

Ciliates, a group of single-celled ciliated eukaryotes, have been studied since the dawn of light microscopy, with over 10,000 species described. Cilia are the key feature of ciliates and ...

Ciliates, just like humans, are colonized by a vast diversity of bacteria. Some ciliates and their bacterial symbionts have become friends for life, as researchers from the Max Planck Institute for ...

Background Nearly half of elite athletes have dental erosion. Modifying the dental pellicle (a layer adsorbed onto tooth surfaces) for protection has the potential to be a novel method to prevent ...