Kingdom and Domain
- Eukarya
- Protista
Characteristics- unicellular
- psuedopods (e.g. amoeba proteus Figure 1), flagella, and cilia (e.g. Cilliated Protozoa Oxytricha Figure 2)
- sexual and asexual reproduction
- Eukaryotic
- Consumers, and parasites
Field of Study
- Microbiology
- Parasitology
- morphology
- protozoology
- helminthology
- eptomology
Affects on Us
- Positive
- water treatment
- digestion
- Negative
- disease (e.g. plasmodium Figure 3