Paramecium
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paramecium-168-1197309
title:
Paramecium
text:
Paramecium is a genus of eukaryotic, unicellular ciliates, widespread in freshwater, brackish, and marine environments. Paramecia are often abundant in stagnant basins and ponds. Because some species are readily cultivated and easily induced to conjugate and divide, they have been widely used in classrooms and laboratories to study biological processes. Paramecium species are commonly studied as model organisms of the ciliate group and have been characterized as the "white rats" of the phylum Ci
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encyclopedia
description:
Genus of unicellular ciliates, commonly studied as a representative of the ciliate group
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramecium
date created:
2003-03-03T00:30:36Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T17:16:21Z
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13
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16