Question

Which of the following are unicellular and which are multicellular?
1. Bacteria
2. Fungi
3. Virus
4. Protozoa
5. Algae

Answer 1

Dear Student,

1) Bacteria - Unicellular (Escherichia coli)

2) Fungi - Multicellular (Mould, Mushroom) and Unicellular (Yeast)

3) Algae - Multicellular (Spirogyra, Kelp (brown algae)) and Unicellular (Chlorella, Chlamydomonas)

4) Protozoa - Unicellular (Plasmodium, Entomoeba)

5) Virus - can not be classified as unicellular or multicellular, as they lack cellularity or are do not have proper cell structure.

Therefore, Bacteria and protozoans are unicellular only.
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Algae, fungi - Can be both unicellular and multicellular.

Virus - Are not either unicellular or multicellular.


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