Paramecium bursaria
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P. bursaria
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| Paramecium bursaria (Ehr., 1831)
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Paramecium bursaria is a species of ciliate protozoan that has a mutualistic endosymbiotic relationship with green algae called Zoochlorella. The algae live inside the Paramecium in its cytoplasm and provide it with food, while the Paramecium provides the algae with movement and protection. P. bursaria is 80-150 μm long, with a wide oral groove, two contractile vacuoles, and a single micronucleus as well as a single macronucleus. P. bursaria is the only species of Paramecium that forms symbiotic relationships with algae, and it is often used in biology classrooms both as an example of a protozoan and also as an example of symbiosis.
Further reading
"Analysis of amino acid and codon usage in Paramecium bursaria." [1]
"Comparison of gene expression of Paramecium bursaria with and without Chlorella variabilis symbionts." [2]
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