paramecium (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Barbara

paramecium

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The single-celled Paramecium bursaria hosts a symbiotic green algae that enables it to photosynthesize. This opens up new lifestyles for the otherwise heterotrophic species.

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ANATOLY MIKHALTSOV VIA WIKIMEDIA

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