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THE free-living ciliate Glaucoma pyriformis, or at least a close relation, has been found to occur as a facultative parasite both in arthropods1–6 and in the central nervous system of fishes7 and of amphibians8,9. This parasitism may be rendered possible by the fact that this protozoan parasite is quite tolerant of carbon dioxide10.
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STOLK, A. Glaucoma Species in the Central Nervous System of the Carp. Nature 184, 1737 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841737a0
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