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Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity: Microorganisms and Their Roles
Protist Characteristics
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Protist Characteristics
Protists are a diverse group of eukaryotic organisms that don’t fit neatly into the plant, animal, or fungal kingdoms. Scientists consider them a paraphyletic group within the domain Eukarya. Examples include Amoeba, Paramecium, and Euglena. Most are unicellular, although...
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Some eukaryotes don’t fit into the kingdoms of plants, animals, or fungi. They form the kingdom Protista and are referred to as protists.
All these protists contain a nucleus, but not all have mitochondria.
These protists are mostly unicellular and microscopic, but some, like kelp, are multicellular and can grow over 100 meters long....
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