scuticociliate

English

Noun

scuticociliate (plural scuticociliates)

1. Any protozoan of the subclass Scuticociliatia.
   • 2016 January 6, “Resveratrol Induces Apoptosis-Like Death and Prevents In Vitro and In Vivo Virulence of Entamoeba histolytica”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     In Philasterides dicentrarchi, a scuticociliate pathogen of turbot, resveratrol causes oxidative stress, inhibition of antioxidant enzymes and morphological alterations in the mitochondria [17 ,54 ].