BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
KINGDOM PROTISTA
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Water mold
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Amoeba
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Plasmodium
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Algae
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Detailed explanation-1: -The causative agents of malaria are unicellular protozoan parasites belonging to the genus Plasmodium. These parasites infect not only humans but also other vertebrates, from reptiles and birds to mammals.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most protist diseases in humans are caused by animal-like protists, or protozoa. Trypanosoma protozoa cause Chagas disease and sleeping sickness. Giardia protozoa cause giardiasis. Plasmodium protozoa cause malaria.
Detailed explanation-3: -Plasmodium is a unicellular eukaryote that belongs to the phylum Apicomplexa, formerly known as Sporozoa, probably the largest taxon of protists (Morrison, 2009). Almost all known apicomplexans (more than 5000 species have been described) are parasites of vertebrate or invertebrate hosts.