Balantidium
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| Balantidium coli trophozoite | |
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| Genus: | Balantidium Claparède & Lachmann 1858[1]
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| Balantidium entozoon[1] | |
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Balantidiopsis Bütschli 1889 Balantioides Alexeieff 1931 Bolantidium Parabursaria Ghosh 1921 Paranyctotherus Sandon 1941 | |
Balantidium is a genus of ciliate protozoan. It contains the parasitic species Balantidium coli, the only known cause of balantidiasis.[2]
Species
As of December 2015[update], the Species 2000 Catalog of Life lists 72 species in this genus.[3]
- 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
References
- ^ a b Aescht, E. (2001) Denisia 01: Catalogue of the Generic Names of Ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora)
- ^ "The Parasite: Balantidium coli". Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ Roskov Y.; Abucay L.; Orrell T.; Nicolson D.; Kunze T.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; DeWalt R.E.; Decock W.; De Wever A (eds.). "Catalogue of Life - 2015 Annual Checklist". Retrieved 20 December 2015.