Download Examples of Ciliophorans

Ciliophorans
By: Cameron Gunn and
Brittany Sleeper
Examples of Ciliophorans
Paramecium
Stentor
Euplotes
Stylonchia
Important Features of Ciliates
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Ciliates are unicellular protists
Ciliates have tail-like projections that help them move and eat,
called cilia.
Special Organelles:
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Two Nuclei—hold genetic information
Contractile Vacuoles—pump water out of the cell
Food Vacuoles—transport food throughout the cell
Significance of Ciliates
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Balantidium Coli:
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Only member of the family that
is parasitic to humans
Other hosts are pigs, wild
boars, rats, primates, horses,
cattle, and guinea pigs.
They are usually aquired by
ingestion of contaminated food.
They reside in the large
intestine and can be treated
with antibiotics.
Significance of Ciliates
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They provide many first graders with an introduction to biology.
Some live in the digestive tracts of hoofed mammals to counterbalance the large populations of bacteria that break down cellulose
from the animal’s food.
Some ciliates can cause diseases in fish.
Life Cycle of Ciliates
Interesting Facts about Ciliates
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Ciliates have two nulcei: One
is used for reproduction, the
other is used for general cell
regulation.
They have Trichocysts: These
can be used for protection or
as an anchor.
Ciliates sometimes exhibit
cortical inheritance. This
means that inheritance is
regulated by the shape of the
outer layer of cytoplasm.