| balantidium | A genus of protozoa parasitic in the digestive tract of vertebrate or invertebrate hosts. Asexual multiplication is accomplished by transverse binary fission. Its organisms are ovoidal in shape and have a ciliated covering over the entire body. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Balantidium coli | A very large parasitic ciliate species, usually 50 to 80 um in length, reaching up to 200 um in pigs, found in the caecum or large intestine, swimming actively in the lumen; usually harmless in man but may invade and ulcerate the intestinal wall, producing a colitis resembling amoebic dysentery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Balantidium suis | A species originally considered distinct from the ciliate parasite of man, Balantidium coli, but now considered synonymous with it; nonpathogenic in swine. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Balantidium |
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