Balantidium coli is a parasitic species of ciliate alveolates that causes the disease balantidiasis. [1][2] It is the only member of the ciliate phylum known to be pathogenic to humans. [1][2] …

Balantidium (= Neobalantidium) (= Balantioides) coli, a large ciliated protozoan, is the only ciliate known to be capable of infecting humans. It is often associated with swine, the primary …

2024年7月30日 · Balantidium coli is the only ciliated protozoan and the largest protozoan parasite that routinely infects humans. The parasite causes a zoonotic disease (Balantidiasis), which …

2023年1月19日 · The classification of Balantidium coli is as follows. Kingdom: Chromista. Superphylum: Alveolata. Phylum: Ciliophora. Class: Litostomatea. Order: Vestibuliferida. …

Novel insights into the genetic diversity of Balantidium and Balantidium-like cyst-forming ciliates. Groups interested in participating in the LinkOut program should visit the LinkOut home page. …

Balantidium coli is an intestinal protozoan parasite that causes the infection called balantidiasis. While this type of infection is uncommon in the United States, humans and other mammals …

• Class: Litostomatea • Order: Vestibuliferida Family: Balantidiidae • Habitat: large intestines of man, pig (main reservoir) and other animals. •Balantidium coli is the largest protozoan and the …

Balantidium coli (Protozoa): Taxonomy, Final Host, Morphology, Cycle, Location, Feeding, Diagnostic and Transmission

2014年1月1日 · Balantidium coli is a large, ciliated protozoan (phylum Ciliophora, order Vestibuliferida, family Balantidiidae) and a rare cause of human disease (Arean and Koppisch, …

Taxonomic hierarchy of Species Balantidium coli (Malmsten, 1857) Stein, 1863. Display of synonyms, alternative taxonomic positions, references, number of subtaxa, and …