Balantidium coli is a parasitic ciliate and the only member of its phylum known to cause disease in humans, though pigs are its main natural reservoir. It also infects cattle, camels, sheep, buffalo, rodents, and occasionally birds and marine mammals. The disease it causes, balantidiasis, occurs worldwide but is reported most often in humid tropical and subtropical parts of Central and South America and Asia.
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Source Wikidata: Balantidium Coli
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1. Wikipedia: Balantidium coli
Wikipedia- Wikidata Q141236 (P225 taxon name)
In Group: Parasitic Ciliates, Lead
Balantidium coli is a parasitic species of ciliate alveolates that causes the disease balantidiasis.
View the Source 2. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Balantidium coli
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 8222710, category fieldQuote, GBIF taxon key 8222710, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: Balantidium Coli
Child Taxon Of: Ciliophora, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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