Question

What is the nature of protoplasm in plasmodium?

Answer 1

Plasmodium:

1. Plasmodium is a genus of unicellular eukaryotes that are obligate vertebrates and insect parasites.
2. Malaria's causal agents are unicellular protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium.

Nature of protoplasm in plasmodium:

1. Plasmodium is a slime-covered, wallless mass of multinucleate protoplasm.
2. Plasmodium protoplasm is divided into outer enucleated (hyaloplasm) and core nucleated sections.
3. At maturity, it may contain hundreds to thousands of nuclei.
4. The protoplasm has been vacuolated.
5. The protoplasm of the plasmodium slime mold is said to be the cleanest in the living world.