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  2. Protozoa - Wikipedia

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    Protozoa. Protozoa (sg.: protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a polyphyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, that feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic debris. [1][2] Historically, protozoans were regarded as "one-celled animals".

  3. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - Wikipedia

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    Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was born in Delft, Dutch Republic, on 24 October 1632. On 4 November, he was baptized as Thonis. His father, Philips Antonisz van Leeuwenhoek, was a basket maker who died when Antonie was only five years old. His mother, Margaretha (Bel van den Berch), came from a well-to-do brewer's family.

  4. Euglena - Wikipedia

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    Euglena is a genus of single cell flagellate eukaryotes. It is the best known and most widely studied member of the class Euglenoidea, a diverse group containing some 54 genera and at least 200 species. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Species of Euglena are found in fresh water and salt water. They are often abundant in quiet inland waters where they may bloom in ...

  5. Ciliate - Wikipedia

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    In most systems of taxonomy, "Ciliophora" is ranked as a phylum [6] under any of several kingdoms, including Chromista, [7] Protista [8] or Protozoa. [9] In some older systems of classification, such as the influential taxonomic works of Alfred Kahl , ciliated protozoa are placed within the class " Ciliata " [ 10 ] [ 11 ] (a term which can also ...

  6. Coccidia - Wikipedia

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    Coccidia (Coccidiasina) are a subclass of microscopic, spore -forming, single-celled obligate intracellular parasites belonging to the apicomplexan class Conoidasida. [1] As obligate intracellular parasites, they must live and reproduce within an animal cell. Coccidian parasites infect the intestinal tracts of animals, [2] and are the largest ...

  7. Protistology - Wikipedia

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    Protistology is a scientific discipline devoted to the study of protists, a highly diverse group of eukaryotic organisms. All eukaryotes apart from animals, plants and fungi are considered protists. [1] Its field of study therefore overlaps with the more traditional disciplines of phycology, mycology, and protozoology, just as protists embrace ...

  8. Leishmaniasis - Wikipedia

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    Leishmaniasis. Leishmaniasis is a wide array of clinical manifestations caused by protozoal parasites of the Trypanosomatida genus Leishmania. [7] It is generally spread through the bite of phlebotomine sandflies, Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia, and occurs most frequently in the tropics and sub-tropics of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and southern ...

  9. Trichomonas vaginalis - Wikipedia

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    Trichomonas vaginalis is an anaerobic, flagellated protozoan parasite and the causative agent of a sexually transmitted disease called trichomoniasis. It is the most common pathogenic protozoan that infects humans in industrialized countries. [2] Infection rates in men and women are similar but women are usually symptomatic, while infections in ...