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Bodo saltans (alternatively known as Pleuromonas jaculans) is a free-living nonparasitic species of kinetoplastid flagellated phagotrophic protozoa that feed on bacteria. [1] Bodo saltans cells have been reported in freshwater and marine environments. Bodo saltans is a single-celled bean-shaped organism 4 to 5 micrometers in length. It has two ...
Free-living amoebae (or "FLA") [1] are a group of protozoa that are important causes of infectious disease in humans and animals. Naegleria fowleri is often included in the group "free-living amoebae", [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and this species causes a usually fatal condition traditionally called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).
Protozoa (sg.: protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a polyphyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, that feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic debris.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... About 4,500 unique free-living species have been ... ciliated protozoa are placed within the class ...
Tetrahymena thermophila is a species of Ciliophora in the family Tetrahymenidae. [1] It is a free living protozoon and occurs in fresh water. [2]There is little information on the ecology and natural history of this species, [3] but it is the most widely known and widely studied species in the genus Tetrahymena.
Many microfauna, such as nematodes, inhabit soil habitats. Plant parasitic nematodes inhabit the roots of various plants, while free-living nematodes live in soil water films. [3] Microfauna also inhabit freshwater ecosystems. For example, freshwater microfauna in Australia include rotifers, ostracods, copepods, and cladocerans. [4]
Micronuclearia is a genus of free-living protozoa containing the single species Micronuclearia podoventralis. While originally thought to be a nucleariid , as reflected in the name, [ 1 ] it is now inferred to be a member of the taxon Rigifilida , and to belong to the ' CRuMs ' assemblage (whereas nucleariids are opisthokonts ).
Peranema is a genus of free-living phagotrophic euglenids (Euglenida; Euglenozoa; Excavata). There are more than 20 nominal species, varying in size between 8 and 200 micrometers. [ 1 ] Peranema cells are gliding flagellates found in freshwater lakes, ponds and ditches, and are often abundant at the bottom of stagnant pools rich in decaying ...