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UK
/pɹˈəʊtəʊzˌəʊn/
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[ US /ˌpɹoʊtəˈzoʊən/ ]
[ US /ˌpɹoʊtəˈzoʊən/ ]
NOUN
- any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic
ADJECTIVE
- of or relating to the Protozoa
How To Use protozoan In A Sentence
- It is caused by the single-celled protozoan parasite, Trichomonas vaginalis.
- Ms. SONIA SHAH (Author, "The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years"): Well, the parasite is called plasmodium, and it's protozoan. Malaria: The 500,000-Year-Old 'Fever' That Won't Die
- Figure 1.6 shows a flagellate protozoan and a flagellar pocket in detail (open arrow).
- Pick any eukaryotic species (say, the ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila) — one cannot be certain that a member of that species shares common ancestry, from a discrete cell, with a member of any other eukaryotic species (say, Drosophila melanogaster). A Disclaimer for Behe?
- Protozoan diversity of the ecosystem stability of the status quo stated.
- They have been considered animals, protozoans, fungi or space aliens.
- Less critical than refugia, prey switching also plays a role in protozoan persistence.
- Researchers working with the ciliate Paramecium have discovered that protozoans have a very high mortality rate after conjugation. Protozoa
- T . gondii is a protozoan organism that can infect all mammals, who serve as intermediate hosts.
- When a female copepod ingests the remains of a male mosquito larva killed by the protozoans, the copepod also ingests the spores.