Medical Definition of Euglena viridis
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Phytoflagellate protozoon of the algal order Euglenophyta (zoological order Euglenida). An elongate cell with 2 flagella emerging from a pocket at the anterior end. The organism exhibits positive phototaxis, determined by a photoreceptive spot in the wall of the contractile vacuole.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Euglena Viridis
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