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Ciliophorans

Ciliophorans. By: Cameron Gunn and Brittany Sleeper. Examples of Ciliophorans. Paramecium. Stentor. Euplotes. Stylonchia. Important Features of Ciliates. Ciliates are unicellular protists Ciliates have tail-like projections that help them move and eat, called cilia.

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Ciliophorans

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  1. Ciliophorans By: Cameron Gunn and Brittany Sleeper

  2. Examples of Ciliophorans Paramecium Stentor Euplotes Stylonchia

  3. Important Features of Ciliates • Ciliates are unicellular protists • Ciliates have tail-like projections that help them move and eat, called cilia. • Special Organelles: • Two Nuclei—hold genetic information • Contractile Vacuoles—pump water out of the cell • Food Vacuoles—transport food throughout the cell

  4. Significance of Ciliates • Balantidium Coli: • 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.

  5. Significance of Ciliates • They provide many first graders with an introduction to biology. • Some live in the digestive tracts of hoofed mammals to counter-balance the large populations of bacteria that break down cellulose from the animal’s food. • Some ciliates can cause diseases in fish.

  6. Life Cycle of Ciliates

  7. Interesting Facts about Ciliates • 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.

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