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Domain
  
Eukaryota

Order
  
Vestibuliferida

Scientific name
  
Balantidium

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Ciliophora

Family
  
Balantiididae

Higher classification
  
Balantidiidae

Balantidium kidney beanshaped of Balantidium coli cyst Medical Laboratories

Similar
  
Balantidium coli, Entamoeba, Entamoeba coli, Isospora, Iodamoeba bütschlii

Balantidium coli


Balantidium is a genus of ciliates. It contains the parasitic species Balantidium coli, the only known cause of balantidiasis.

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Balantidium coli


Species

As of December 2015, the Species 2000 Catalog of Life lists 72 species in this genus.

Balantidium Balantidiasis

  • Balantidium acanthuri
  • Balantidium alpha
  • Balantidium amblystomatis
  • Balantidium amygdalli
  • Balantidium aragaoi
  • Balantidium bacteriophoros
  • Balantidium beta
  • Balantidium bicavata
  • Balantidium blattarum
  • Balantidium bovis
  • Balantidium cameli
  • Balantidium caprae
  • Balantidium caviae
  • Balantidium chagasi
  • Balantidium coli
  • Balantidium ctenopharyngodonis
  • Balantidium cunhamunizi
  • Balantidium cynocephale
  • Balantidium dogieli
  • Balantidium duodeni
  • Balantidium elongatum
  • Balantidium entozoon
  • Balantidium falciformis
  • Balantidium frugivori
  • Balantidium galianoi
  • Balantidium geigyi
  • Balantidium geimani
  • Balantidium giganteum
  • Balantidium gracile
  • Balantidium gracilis
  • Balantidium granulosus
  • Balantidium gyrans
  • Balantidium gyranus
  • Balantidium haughwouti
  • Balantidium helenae
  • Balantidium hydrae
  • Balantidium indicum
  • Balantidium kirbyi
  • Balantidium major
  • Balantidium marsupialis
  • Balantidium medusarum
  • Balantidium minor
  • Balantidium minutum
  • Balantidium nucleus
  • Balantidium orchestium
  • Balantidium osmaniae
  • Balantidium ovatum
  • Balantidium ovis
  • Balantidium pellucidum
  • Balantidium pheretima
  • Balantidium philippiensis
  • Balantidium piscicola
  • Balantidium polyvacuolum
  • Balantidium porcellae
  • Balantidium prionurium
  • Balantidium radiata
  • Balantidium rhesum
  • Balantidium rotundum
  • Balantidium saigonensis
  • Balantidium serpentina
  • Balantidium simile
  • Balantidium sinensis
  • Balantidium spinibarbichthys
  • Balantidium steinae
  • Balantidium strelkovi
  • Balantidium struthionis
  • Balantidium suis
  • Balantidium tapiri
  • Balantidium testudinis
  • Balantidium triangulatum
  • Balantidium xenopi
  • Balantidium zebrascopi

    • Balantidium The Parasite Balantidium coli

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    References

    Balantidium Wikipedia
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