"WardsSci000143"

Paramecium caudatum is a common protist that inhabits a variety of aquatic ecosystems.

Intestinal Parasite

Stained to clearly show nuclear and other cellular detail.

Single Celled Flagellates

Large Multinucleate Amoeba

Compare and Contrast Various Paramecia

Water mold and fish parasite. Demonstrates sporangia and oospores. Grows on wheat seed, cucumber seed, or hemp seed in water environment. Reproduces sexually and asexually. Incubation temperature 25°C.

Cell walls made of cellulose; feeds by extending hyphae into host's tissue.

Symbiotic Methanogens

Parasitic Protozoan

Asexual reproduction.