What (who) is Protozoa - definition
Protozoa
![''[[Isotricha intestinalis]]'', a ciliate present in the rumen of sheep.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Isotricha intestinalis.jpg?width=200 "''[[Isotricha intestinalis]]'', a ciliate present in the rumen of sheep.")
![''[[Paramecium bursaria]]'', is one example of a variety of freshwater ciliates that host [[endosymbiont]] chlorophyte algae from the genus ''[[Chlorella]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paramecium bursaria 001.jpg?width=200 "''[[Paramecium bursaria]]'', is one example of a variety of freshwater ciliates that host [[endosymbiont]] chlorophyte algae from the genus ''[[Chlorella]]''")
![Frederick Chapman]]'s The foraminifera: an introduction to the study of the protozoa (1902)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The foraminifera- an introduction to the study of the protozoa (1902) (14783054955).jpg?width=200 "Frederick Chapman]]'s The foraminifera: an introduction to the study of the protozoa (1902)")
GROUP OF UNICELLULAR EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS
Protozoon; Protozoan; Protozoans; Protozoä; Phylum Protozoa; Protozoal; Protozoan proteins; Antigens, protozoan; Antibodies, protozoan; Protozoic; Pellicle (biology); Cryptospirosis; Acrita; Protozoae; Protazoa; Protozoals; Holozoic protozoa; Unicellular animal; Protazoal; Protzoans; Protozoan antibody
·pl of Protozoon.
II. Protozoa ·noun ·pl The lowest of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom.
Protozoa
GROUP OF UNICELLULAR EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS
Protozoon; Protozoan; Protozoans; Protozoä; Phylum Protozoa; Protozoal; Protozoan proteins; Antigens, protozoan; Antibodies, protozoan; Protozoic; Pellicle (biology); Cryptospirosis; Acrita; Protozoae; Protazoa; Protozoals; Holozoic protozoa; Unicellular animal; Protazoal; Protzoans; Protozoan antibody
Protozoa (singular protozoon or protozoan, plural protozoa or protozoans) is an informal term for a group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, that feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic tissues and debris. Historically, protozoans were regarded as "one-celled animals", because they often possess animal-like behaviours, such as motility and predation, and lack a cell wall, as found in plants and many algae.
Protozoic
GROUP OF UNICELLULAR EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS
Protozoon; Protozoan; Protozoans; Protozoä; Phylum Protozoa; Protozoal; Protozoan proteins; Antigens, protozoan; Antibodies, protozoan; Protozoic; Pellicle (biology); Cryptospirosis; Acrita; Protozoae; Protazoa; Protozoals; Holozoic protozoa; Unicellular animal; Protazoal; Protzoans; Protozoan antibody
·adj Of or pertaining to the Protozoa.
II. Protozoic ·adj Containing remains of the earliest discovered life of the globe, which included mollusks, radiates and protozoans.
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Protozoa
Protozoa (singular protozoon or protozoan, plural protozoa or protozoans) is an informal term for a group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, that feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic tissues and debris. Historically, protozoans were regarded as "one-celled animals", because they often possess animal-like behaviours, such as motility and predation, and lack a cell wall, as found in plants and many algae.
Pronunciation examples for Protozoa
1. ♫ Protozoa, snakes and horses ♫
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2. Then you got parasites like hookworms and
and protozoa like giardia -- which campers
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Examples of use of Protozoa
1. Numerous other bacterial species also made violacein, and other protozoa were susceptible to it.
2. Malaria, Chagas‘ disease and sleeping sickness are just a few of the many human diseases caused by protozoa.
3. There are 1,407 pathogens –– viruses, bacteria, parasites, protozoa and fungi –– that can infect humans, said Mark Woolhouse of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
4. Amoebic dysentery, caused by food and liquids contaminated with a species of single–cell protozoa, is a type of food poisoning that causes the most commonly associated symptoms: diarrhea, fever, nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite.
5. A healthy soil is made up of more than eroded geology – a spoonful can contain more bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes and other species than there are people on the planet.