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Do paramecium have symbiotic relationships?
As a mutualistic symbiosis, the Paramecium host supplies carbon dioxide, nitrogen components, and protection for several hundred endosymbiotic algal c...
How paramecium respires?
Unicellular organisms such as amoeba and paramecium respire through their cell membrane. The cell membrane is thin and permeable to gases. They take i...
How do parameciums live?
Once called “slipper animalcules” due to their oblong shape, Paramecium live in a variety of watery environments, both fresh and salt, although they a...
What structures would you expect to find on the surface of a paramecium?
Paramecium are single-celled organisms that belong to the Ciliophora phylum. Members of this group are characterized by having cilia, or little hair-l...
What is paramicem?
What is the simple definition of Paramecium?What is another name Paramecium?What type of organism is Paramecium?What is the function of Paramecium?Wh...
What is the name for the mouth of the paramecium?
The food passes from the cilia-lined oral groove into a narrower structure known as the buccal cavity (gullet). From there, food particles pass throug...
Can paramecium move place to place?
As the name suggests, their bodies are covered in cilia, or short hairy protrusions. Cilia are essential for movement of paramecia. As these structure...
Is a paramecium asexual?
The two paramecium separate and go on their way in their watery environment. They begin again to produce multiple copies of themselves through asexual...
Is paramecium heterotrophic or autotrophic?
Paramecium are heterotrophs. Their common form of prey is bacteria. A single organism has the ability to eat 5,000 bacteria a day. They are also known...