NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

KINGDOM PROTISTA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which Phylum contains organisms that naturally form spores?
A
Sporozoa
B
Sacrodina
C
Mastigophora
D
Ciliophora
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sporozoans are organisms that are characterized by being one-celled, non-motile, parasitic, and spore-forming.

Detailed explanation-2: -The phylum Sporozoa comprises three large distinct groups of organisms as follows: Perkinsemorpha, Gregarinomorpha and Coccidiomorpha.

Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of sporozoan are Plasmodium and Eimeria.

Detailed explanation-4: -They live in a wide variety of moist habitats including fresh water, marine environments and the soil. Some are parasitic, which means they live in other plants and animals including humans, where they cause disease. Plasmodium, for example, causes malaria.

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