Protozoans

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What are protozoans?

eukaryotes grouped together lossely

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What are the traits that are common to protozoans?

  • unicellular eukaryotes

  • no cell wall

  • usually no photosynthesis, must gather food

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How are protozoa different from bacteria? From animals? From plants? From fungi?

  • Bacteria = prokaryotes 

  • Animals = multicellular

  • Plants = make their own food

  • Fungi = cell wall

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Why do anti-protozoan drugs often have poor selective toxicity? 

  • protozoa are eukaryotes like humans, so their cells are too similar to ours. This makes it hard to target them without also harming human cells.

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