What is another word for protozoa?

Pronunciation: [pɹˌə͡ʊtə͡ʊzˈə͡ʊə] (IPA)

Protozoa refer to a diverse group of single-celled eukaryotic organisms with a wide range of morphological, ecological, and genetic characteristics. Synonyms for protozoa include unicellular animals, microorganisms, unicellular eukaryotic organisms, and single-celled protoctists. They are found in diverse habitats, including freshwater, marine, soil, and animal hosts. They play crucial roles in the ecosystem, serving as primary producers, decomposers, and as food for higher organisms. Protozoa are also known to cause a variety of diseases in humans, animals, and plants. Understanding the diversity and ecological significance of protozoa is crucial for managing ecosystems and identifying potential health risks.

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    • Adjective
      protozoan.

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Usage examples for Protozoa

The organism does not belong to the bacteria but to the protozoa.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Of the protozoa which cause disease very little is at present known.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Most of these animal germs are called protozoa and cause diseases found in, or near, the tropics, like malaria and the terrible "sleeping sickness" of Africa.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson

Famous quotes with Protozoa

  • It delights me even more, though, to hear that my nameless cosmic monsters have an air of originality about them! Shapeless, unheard-of creatures are not original with me; for although Poe did not use them, they figure quite widely in minor horror-writing since his time. Usually they tend to be exaggerations of certain known life-forms such as insects, poisonous plants, protozoa, & the like, although a few writers break away wholly from terrestrial analogy & depict things as abstractly cosmic as luminous protoplasmic globes. If I have gone beyond these, it is only subtly & atmospherically—in details, & in occasional imputations of geometrical, biological, & physico-chemical properties definitely outside the realm of matter as understood by us. Most of my monsters fail altogether to satisfy my sense of the cosmic—the abnormally chromatic entity in being the only one of the lot which I take any pride in.
    H. P. Lovecraft

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