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Descriptor English: Balantidium
Descriptor Spanish: Balantidium
Descriptor Balantidium
Scope note: Género de protozoos parásitos del tracto digestivo de huéspedes vertebrados o invertebrados. La multiplicación asexual se lleva a cabo por fisión transversal binaria. Sus organismos tienen forma ovoide y tienen una cubierta ciliada sobre el cuerpo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Balantidium
Descriptor French: Balantidium
Entry term(s): Balantidiums
Tree number(s): B01.043.185.375.650.650.153
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001448
Scope note: A genus of protozoa parasitic in the digestive tract of vertebrate or invertebrate hosts. Asexual multiplication is accomplished by transverse binary fission. Its organisms are ovoidal in shape and have a ciliated covering over the entire body.
Annotation: infection = BALANTIDIASIS; coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 1473
Unique ID: D001448
NLM Classification: QX 151
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Balantidium - Preferred
Concept UI M0002154
Scope note A genus of protozoa parasitic in the digestive tract of vertebrate or invertebrate hosts. Asexual multiplication is accomplished by transverse binary fission. Its organisms are ovoidal in shape and have a ciliated covering over the entire body.
Preferred term Balantidium
Entry term(s) Balantidiums



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