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What do you call the shape of protozoa?


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Protozoa:

  1. Protozoa are unicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms.
  2. Protozoa are free-living parasites.
  3. Protozoa cause various diseases in the animal and the human body.
  4. Examples: Amoeba, Paramecium, Plasmodium (Malaria), Trypanosoma (Sleeping sickness), Trichomonas (Trichomoniasis), etc.

Shape pf protozoa:

  1. Protozoans have many different shapes.
  2. For example:
  1. Amoeba has no definite shape.
  2. Paramecium is shaped like the sole of a shoe.

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