Ciliates
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Ciliates
Tetrahymena (genus)![](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cilliates-011.jpg)
SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISM
These unicellular protists use hair-like cilia for locomotion and feeding. They are important to biomedical research and have contributed to our understanding of many cellular and biochemical processes.
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