example of protozoan

Amoeba is a typical protozoan...

The protozoan protists are also known as animal-like protists. They are represented by unicellular animals which were earlier placed in the phylum Protozoa under Animal kingdom. They are now identified in four groups zooflagellates, sarcodines, ciliates and sporozoan..

It is a temporary pairing of 2 parents to exchange male and female gametes, through a temporary cytoplasmic bridge. Example: Ciliate protozoans like paramoeciu..

(animals which have saprotrophic nutrition) are Mastigamoeba and Chilomonas. The digestive juices are secreted by the cell membranes which means the general body surface as they are single-celled protozoans. Saprotrophs are different from detritus feeders which do not digest their food o..

Cilia and flagella are fine vibratile cytoplasmic processes arising from basal bodies. They are similar in their structure, chemical composition and function. Both serve to propel the organism or move a medium past a fixed cell. However, they differ in their size, number and mode of beating. Flage..

Protists can be broadly distinguished into three major groups, namely 1. Photosynthetic protists 2. Slime moulds and 3. Protozoan protis..

'sapros' refers to rotten and 'trophic' refers to food. Saprotrophic nutrition is the process by which the organisms feed on dead and decaying matter. The food is digested outside the cells or even outside the body of the organism - extracellular digestion. The organism secretes digestive juices, ..

This insect-borne disease affects 300 million people annually and more than 200 million people die due to it. The disease is caused by a parasitic protozoan, plasmodium and is transmitted from person to person by the bite of an insect vector, the female anopheles mosquito. When a mosquito..

Amoeba is a protozoan which forms the simplest of all groups in the animal kingdom. Inspite of being unicellular it is physiologically balanced and performs all the essential processes of an anima..

In lower plants (and also protozoans) exchange of gases takes place through the general body surface as they are not highly modified or specialised. Also, the body surface allows the diffusion of gases. In higher plants the exchange of gases takes place through stoma..