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    Blepharisma is a genus of unicellular ciliate protists found in fresh and salt water. The group includes about 40 accepted species, and many sub-varieties...
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    Blepharisma japonicum is a species of protozoan that can be found either in water or soil in Japan. The body of an organism is elongated and ovoided....
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  • The Blepharisma nuclear code (translation table 15) is a genetic code found in the nuclei of Blepharisma.    AAs = FFLLSSSSYY*QCC*WLLLLPPPPHHQQRRRRIII...
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    symbionts Stentors settled on water milfoil leaf Stentor coeruleus digesting Blepharisma sp. These protists are common worldwide in freshwater lakes and streams;...
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    Spirostomum, as well as many brightly pigmented forms, such as certain Blepharisma. The term heterotrich derives from the ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)...
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  • ascidian mitochondrial code The alternative flatworm mitochondrial code The Blepharisma nuclear code The chlorophycean mitochondrial code (none) (none) (none)...
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    species, mating is promoted by sex pheromones including the protist Blepharisma japonicum. Based on a phylogenetic analysis, Dacks and Roger proposed...
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    literature. Pseudoblepharisma tenue was originally described in Germany as Blepharisma tenuis. It was discovered by biologist Alfred Kahl in 1926 in the Simmelried...
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    Stylonychia) Postciliodesmatophora Heterotrichea (Stentor, Climacostomum, Blepharisma) Karyorelictea (Loxodes, Tracheloraphis) Mesodiniea (Mesodinium, Myrionecta)...
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    Clockwise from top left: Blepharisma japonicum, a ciliate; Giardia muris, a parasitic flagellate; Centropyxis aculeata, a testate (shelled) amoeba; Peridinium...
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