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Balantidium coli

Synonyms: Paramaecium coli; Paramecium coli

Wikipedia Abstract

Balantidium coli is a parasitic species of ciliate protozoan that causes the disease balantidiasis. It is the only member of the ciliate phylum known to be pathogenic to humans.
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Infraspecies

Balantidium coli bovis
Balantidium coli coli
Balantidium coli giganteum

Providers

Parasite of 
Sus scrofa (wild boar)[1]

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♦ 1Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0