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WHAT YOU MEANT BY PARAMECIUM?

Paramecium,  genus of free-living protozoans of the holotrichous order Hymenostomatida. There are at least eight well-defined species.These microscopic single-celled organisms are completely covered with fine hairlike filaments (cilia) that beat rhythmically to propel them and to direct bacteria and other food particles into their mouth.


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