Civil liberties are personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridge, either by law or by judicial interpretation without due process.
Ciliophora. A subphylum of the Protozoa. The ciliates are a fairly homogeneous group of highly differentiated, unicellular organisms. Over 5000 species have been described, and many more surely exist but remain to be discovered. Typically, ciliates are larger than most other protozoans, ranging from 10 to 3000 micrometers (about 1/2500 to 1/8 in.).
Ciliates are characterised by three main features: they exhibit nuclear dimorphism; undergo conjugation as a sexual process; and typically have cilia at some stage in their life cycle. Ciliates are the âtopâ predators in microbial food webs, and were likely the major predatory group before the evolution of animals.