Microbiology
🔬Protists
A diverse group of mostly single-celled eukaryotes. Includes amoebae, algae, and parasites like malaria.
Source: Wikipedia💡Protists are responsible for more human deaths than any other group — malaria alone kills 600,000 per year.
25 microbes
🪱 plasmodium falciparum🪱 plasmodium vivax🪱 toxoplasma gondii🪱 cryptosporidium parvum🔬 amoeba proteus🪱 entamoeba histolytica🪱 naegleria fowleri🔬 dictyostelium discoideum🔬 paramecium🔬 stentor🔬 vorticella🪱 trypanosoma brucei🪱 trypanosoma cruzi🪱 leishmania donovani🪱 giardia lamblia🪱 trichomonas vaginalis🔬 euglena🔬 thalassiosira🔬 navicula🔬 alexandrium🔬 noctiluca scintillans🔬 karenia brevis🔬 chlorella🔬 chlamydomonas🔬 volvox
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