Brock Biology of Microorganisms (14th Edition)
Brock Biology of Microorganisms (14th Edition)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780321897398
Author: Michael T. Madigan, John M. Martinko, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, David A. Stahl, Thomas Brock
Publisher: PEARSON
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Paramecium belongs to the ciliates group of Alveolata. The characteristic feature of ciliates is that they possess numerous cilia on their body surface. It consists of two types of nuclei: micronuclei and macronuclei. The genome size of Paramecium is quite large and it possesses about 40,000 genes.

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