Paramecium bursaria
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Paramecium bursaria (also Green paramecium ) is a type in the genus of paramecium ( Paramecium ) from the strain of ciliates (Ciliophora). It lives in symbiosis with green algae ( zoochlorella ). These are stuck in the cortical plasma or swim in the entoplasm.
Its size is 90 to 150 μm. It has two contractile vacuoles . The macronucleus is pear-shaped. The pharynx is ciliated.
Paramecium bursaria lives in stagnant and nutrient-rich waters
literature
- Heinz Streble , Dieter Krauter : Life in a drop of water. Microflora and microfauna of freshwater. An identification book. 10th edition. Kosmos, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-440-10807-4 , p. 256.