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The quasivariety consisting of all the algebras of a given type that can be embedded as a subalgebra into some algebra which has a transitive automorphism group contains the variety of all idempotent algebras of the given type: every idempotent algebra B can be embedded as a retract into an algebra which has a transitive automorphism group and which is simultaneously a subdirect power of B and a direct limit of powers of B. This result applies in particular to lattices, bands, Steiner quasigroups and so on.
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Pastijn, F. Idempotent algebras and symmetry. ActaSci.Math. 80, 399–407 (2014). https://doi.org/10.14232/actasm-013-271-3
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