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Balantidium
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Balantidium /Bal·an·tid·i·um/ (bal?an-tid´e-um) a genus of ciliated protozoa, including many species found in the intestine in vertebrates and invertebrates, including B. co´li, a common parasite of swine, rarely in humans, in whom it may cause dysentery.
Bal·an·tid·i·um (bln-td-m)
n.
A genus of ciliates found in the digestive tract of vertebrates and invertebrates.

Balantidium
a genus of ciliated protozoa, including many species found in the intestine in vertebrates and invertebrates, predominantly in primates, pigs and humans. See also balantidiasis.

Balantidium coli

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