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Wednesday 20 August 2014

Tetrahymena.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahymena

Tetrahymena are free-living ciliate protozoa that can also switch from commensalistic to pathogenic modes of survival. They are common in freshwater ponds. Tetrahymena species used as model organisms in biomedical research are T. thermophila and T. pyriformis.

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