Definition of "tetrahymena" []

• Relative of the paramecium; often used in genetics research (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "A soluble factor that influences mating in tetrahymena called factor active in conjugation (FAC) has been identified."
• "In the experiment, FAC was removed by washing the co-stimulated tetrahymena and resuspending them in fresh media."
• "Next, she and Jack Szostak performed an experiment showing that telomeres from one species, a pond-dwelling single-celled organism called tetrahymena, could protect DNA molecules, or mini-chromosomes, from a very distant organism, yeast."