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Protozoa (sg.:
protozoan or protozoon;
alternative plural:
protozoans) are a
polyphyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes,
either free-living or parasitic...
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Protozoan infections are
parasitic diseases caused by
organisms formerly classified in the
kingdom Protozoa.
These organisms are now
classified in the...
- to
their mode of locomotion. Many
unicellular protists,
particularly protozoans, are
motile and can
generate movement using flagella,
cilia or pseudopods...
- the bulk of what used to be
called the Sporozoa, a
group of
parasitic protozoans, in
general without flagella, cilia, or pseudopods. Most of the Apicomplexa...
- a
class of
pharmaceuticals used in
treatment of
protozoan infection. A
paraphyletic group,
protozoans have
little in
common with each other. For example...
- jellyfish) are macroscopic,
meaning they can be seen with the
naked eye. Many
protozoans (single-celled
protists that prey on
other microscopic life) are zooplankton...
- eat prey in
units of less than one".
Parasites include single-celled
protozoans such as the
agents of malaria,
sleeping sickness, and
amoebic dysentery;...
- A
xenosome is a
bacterium that
lives in the body of some
marine protozoans. It
primarily refers to
bacterial invaders of the
cytoplasm of a
single genus...
- Hepadnaviruses)
cause Hepatitis B
Protozoans are single-celled
eukaryotes that feed on
microorganisms and
organic tissues. Many
protozoans act as
pathogenic parasites...
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digest than
animal prey. This
flora is made up of cellulose-digesting
protozoans or bacteria.
Herbivore is the
anglicized form of a
modern Latin coinage...
