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| temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion. |
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| A short, microscopic, hair like vibrating structure. Cilia occur in large numbers on the surface of certain cells |
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| A slender threadlike structure, esp. a microscopic whip like appendage that enables many protozoa, bacteria, spermatozoa |
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| typically one-celled, reproductive unit capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion |
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| The temporary union of two bacteria or unicellular organisms for the exchange of genetic material |
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| Alternation of generations- |
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| A pattern of reproduction occurring in the life cycles of many lower plants and some invertebrates, involving a regular alternation between two distinct forms. The generations are alternately sexual and asexual (as in ferns) or dioecious and parthenogenetic (as in some jellyfish) |
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| (in ferns and lower plants) a receptacle in which asexual spores is formed |
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| An algal bloom is a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in an aquatic system. Algal blooms may occur in freshwater as well as marine environments. |
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| A vacuole with a digestive function in the protoplasm of a protozoan |
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| The passage by which food passes from the mouth to the stomach; the esophagus |
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| A form within the life cycle of some simple organisms such as slime molds, typically consisting of a mass of naked protoplasm containing many nuclei |
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| A single-celled animal of a phylum distinguished by the possession of cilia or ciliary structures. The ciliates are a large and diverse group of advanced protozoans |
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| a taxonomic superclass, within subphylum Sarcomastigophora - many amoeboid protozoans whose movement involves protoplasmic flow |
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| A protozoan that has one or more flagella used for swimming |
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| A protozoan of the phylum Sporozoa |
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| (of an evolutionary or developmental stage) Characterized by the formation or presence of a single cell or cells |
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| (of an organism or part) having or consisting of many cells |
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| naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion |
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| A single-celled freshwater animal that has a characteristic slipperlike shape and is covered with cilia |
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| A green, single-celled, freshwater organism with a flagellum, sometimes forming a green scum on stagnant water |
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