Balantidium coli
Balantidium coli is a parasitic species of ciliate alveolates that causes the disease balantidiasis. It is the only member of the ciliate phylum known to be pathogenic to humans.
| Balantidium coli | |
|---|---|
| Balantidium coli trophozoite Scale bar: 5 μm. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Class: | Litostomatea |
| Order: | Vestibuliferida |
| Family: | Balantidiidae |
| Genus: | Balantidium |
| Species: | B. coli |
| Binomial name | |
| Balantidium coli (Malmsten, 1857) | |
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