... ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila Unicellular organisms such as ciliates employ a variety of swimming strategies in response to the numerous challenges in their aqueous environment ( Jennings, 1906 ). One of these challenges is competition for limited food resources. Several ciliate species have...

... Tetrahymena thermophila and enables the macrostome to phagocytose the latter species. The non-specific, constitutive phagocytosis in microstomes thereby changes into a specific inducible process in macrostomes. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the phagocytotic process in macrostomes...