Paramecium 200X
Paramecium spp.
Free-floating ciliates
- 100 – 300 µm
- oval cell shape, often asymmetrical and similar to a shoe sole
- central chewing apparatus
- two contractile vacuoles on posterior and anterior parts of the body
- cilia evenly distributed over the body
IN ACTIVATED SLUDGE:
- with low sludge load
- with low oxygen content