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Leo Shapiro added text to "Life Cycle" on "Balantidium coli (Malmsten, 1857) Stein, 1863".
The cyst stage of the Balantidium coli life cycle is responsible...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Distribution" on "Balantidium coli (Malmsten, 1857) Stein, 1863".
Balantidium coli has a worldwide distribution. Because pigs are an important...
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Leo Shapiro added text to "Risks" on "Balantidium coli (Malmsten, 1857) Stein, 1863".
Balantidium coli is a large ciliated protozoan that lives as a...
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