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Goldfuss created Protozoa as a class containing what he believed to be the simplest animals. [3] Originally, the group included not only single-celled microorganisms but also some "lower" multicellular animals, such as rotifers , corals , sponges , jellyfish , bryozoans and polychaete worms . [ 12 ]
Protozoan infections are parasitic diseases caused by organisms formerly classified in the kingdom Protozoa. These organisms are now classified in the supergroups Excavata, Amoebozoa, Harosa (SAR supergroup), and Archaeplastida. They are usually contracted by either an insect vector or by contact with an infected substance or surface. [1]
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 ...
Giardia duodenalis, also known as Giardia intestinalis and Giardia lamblia, is a flagellated parasitic protozoan microorganism of the genus Giardia that colonizes the small intestine, causing a diarrheal condition known as giardiasis.
A microorganism, or microbe, [a] is an organism of microscopic size, which may exist in its single-celled form or as a colony of cells.. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from sixth century BC India.
Protozoa, such as amoebas, and most of the free living animals, such as humans, exhibit this type of nutrition where food is taken into the body as a liquid or solid and then further broken down is known as holozoic nutrition.
The usage of higher-level taxon ranks (phylum and kingdom) is unstable, as it varies from one author to the next; [8] [9] as such, said ranks are generally omitted. The following cladogram shows the relationships between the major groups of protists, as well as the kingdoms of animals, plants and fungi, according to the most recent phylogenetic ...
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]