Protozoa

Last updated 22/03/16

Definition

• Single celled organsims

Features

• Protozoa = first animals
• Usually parasites
• Do not have a cell wall
• More complex than bacteria
• Four main groups
• Ciliates: largest
• Falgellates: smallest
• Sarcodina
• Apicomplexans

Species

• Balantidium coli
• Cryptosporidium
• Entamoeba histolytica
• Giardia lamblia
• Leishmania
• Plasmodium
• Toxoplasma gondii
• Trichomonas vaginalis
• Trypanosoma cruzi

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References

Microbe World: Protozoa