Protozoa

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-022636",
  "term": "Protozoa",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. One-celled animals that are larger and more complex than bacteria.\n\n2. A phylum or subkingdom including all single-celled animals with membrane- bound organelles; they may be aquatic or parasitic, with or without a test, solitary or colonial, sessile or free-swimming, moving by cilia, flagella, or pseudopodia.\n\n3. One-celled animals, usually microscopic, that are larger and more complex than bacteria. May cause disease.\n\n4. One-celled animals that are larger and more complex than bacteria. May cause disease.\n\n5. Unicellular heterotrophic eukaryote in the kingdom protista.\n\n6. Single-celled organism that can perform all necessary functions of metabolism and reproduction. Some protozoa are free-living, while others, including malaria parasites, parasitize other organisms for their nutrients and life cycle.\n\n7. One-celled animals that are larger and more complex than bacteria. May cause disease. [EPA 2005b]\n\n8. Singular: protozoan. Single-celled microscopic animal. Plural protozoa. [CRCWQT 2002]\n\n9. Single-celled, eucaryotic microorganisms without cell walls. Most protozoa are free-living although many are parasitic. The majority of protozoa are aerobic or facultatively anaerobic heterotrophs",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Watershed Protection Glossary",
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary",
    "Private Wells Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment; EPA 2005b",
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus",
    "CDC Malaria Glossary",
    "Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment",
    "Office of Underground Storage Tanks Technical Terms; Glossary of Technical Terms: Office of Underground Storage Tanks"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/protozoa/"
}