Light micrograph of the slipper-shaped, ciliate protozoan Paramecium sp., showing several green food vacuoles. The vacuoles contain the remains of the

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Light micrograph of the slipper-shaped, ciliate protozoan Paramecium sp., showing several green food vacuoles. The vacuoles contain the remains of the creature's last meal; Euglena sp. flagellate protozoans and a number of diatoms. Paramecium are common inhabitants of water & soil. They move by beating the fine hairs (cilia) which cover their bodies. Magnification unknown.

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Size: 5149px × 3543px
Photo credit: © RICHARD KIRBY, DAVID SPEARS LTD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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