Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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After an absence of almost 90 years, we’ve found a rare ciliate last written about about in 1933.

To learn more about the Bryophyllum caudatum, check out our Master of Microscopes James Weiss' paper all about them: frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frpro.2023.1308546/full

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