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Philip Ciliate Paramecium:
Philip Ciliate Paramecium is a single celled living organism, belonging to the Phylum Ciliophora Family.

Lifestyle:
Philip Ciliate Paramecium dwells in an acquatic habitat. His friends and family are widespread in freshwater environments. He uses his continuously beating, hair like cilia to move around, since they are motility organelles. Ciliates like Philip perform all the same functions as multicellular organism. Philip and his family are unique among Eukaryotes because they possess micro and macro nuclei. The macronucleus is in charge of performing daily tasks such as growth and reproduction, while the micronucleus remains dormant until Philip undergoes sexual processes. To eat, Philip collects small particles of debris and food, which are swept into the oral groove, and through to the cell mouth. The food continues from the cell mouth to the gullet base, where it forms a food vacuole in the cytoplasm. Enzymes from the cytoplasm enter the vacuole to help Philip digest the food, the nutrients enter the cytoplasm,and the vacuole contracts. The vacuole eventually reaches the anal pore, where the waste is expelled. Philip and his family dine on smaller bacteria, and smaller protozoans.

Family and Friends/Gardening:
Philip Paramecium met his wife, Pearl, in a freshwater pond. It was love at first sight. Since the conditions were perfect, and romance was in the air, Philip was able to reproduce asexually. His macro nucleus grew longer, and divided into two nuclei. After that, Philip simply divided transversely to produce two new organisms. Later on in their relationship, the conditions became less favorable, and Philip and Pearl reproduced sexually, with the fusion of their micro nuclei. They became attached to each other, and meiosis took place, to form gametes. Four micro nuclei were formed in both Philip and Pearl, but only one from each lived to survive. It underwent mitosis, formed two micro nuclei in Philip and Pearl, and they proceded to exchange the two micro nuclei, then to separate. The two nuclei fused together to form a micro nucleus, and the macro nucleus is generated. Philip and Pearl Paramecium have a huge family, the result of their reproducing an average of 3 times a day.Philip and Pearl enjoy spending time with their friends Pauline, Patrick, and Peter the Plant-Like Protists. Philip is different from his friends, because his friends are autotrophic, and can produce their own food, while Philip and Pearl go shopping for theirs. Philip's friends are the basis for the acquatic food chain,and dwell in dirt, bark, and soil.

Enemies:
Philip has several predators and enemies, the most notable of which is Paul Plasmodium. Because Philip does not have teeth or camouflage, it has a structure known as trichocyst. Trichocysts are small flask-shaped structures used for defense. When Philip is in danger,he uses the triphocysts which projects spikes on his outer layer that will injure nearby cells, and drive them away; thus, protecting himself. Paul Plasmodium has a long history with Philip, who detests Paul's practice of transmitting Malaria through female mosquitos into unsuspecting humans.

Bibliography:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramecium http://101science.com/paramecium.htm http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/Paramecium.html