1) Ciliate 2) Ciliated protozoan 3) Ciliophoran 4) Model organism 5) Relative of the paramecium 
T. hyperangularis T. malaccensis T. pigmentosa T. pyriformis T. thermophila Tetrahymena are free-living ciliate protozoa that can also switch from commensalistic to pathogenic modes of survival. They are common in freshwater ponds. Tetrahymena species used as model organisms in biomedical research are T. thermophila and T. pyriformis. == T. thermo...
(from the article `hymenostome`) any member of the evenly ciliated protozoan order Hymenostomatida. Included in this order are the genus Paramecium, often used in laboratory ... ...some unicellular free-living protists has made them invaluable as assay organisms and pharmacological tools. Among those that have proven to be ... [2 re...
Genus of ciliate protozoa frequently used in studies on ciliary axonemes, self splicing RNA and telomere replication. ... (18 Nov 1997) ... 
Genus of ciliate protozoa frequently used in studies on ciliary axonemes, self-splicing RNA and telomere replication.
[n] - relative of the paramecium
noun relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research