Paramecium Trivia

• A study in 1992 found a urinary tract infection by Paramecium. 
  Singh, S. and Dash, S.C. Paramecium colonizing urinary tract of a patient on dialysis: a rare entity. Nephron 1992; 62(2): 243-4.
• Paramecium caudatum can host the symbiotic alga Chlorella. 
  Karakashian,  M.W. Symbiosis in Paramecium Bursaria. Symposia of the Society for Experimental Biology 1975(29): 145-73.
• The Paramecium macronuclerus can be infected by bacteria

  Fujishima, M. and Görtz, H.D. Infection of macronuclear anlagen of Paramecium caudatum with the macronucleus-specific symbiont Holospora obtusa. Journal of Cell Science 1983; 64: 137-46.

   

   

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