NURSING ANM AND GNM

NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS

MICROBIOLOGY

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amoebas are an example
A
protozoa
B
bacteria
C
helminths
D
algae
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -amoeba, also spelled ameba, plural amoebas or amoebae, any of the microscopic unicellular protozoans of the rhizopodan order Amoebida. The well-known type species, Amoeba proteus, is found on decaying bottom vegetation of freshwater streams and ponds. There are numerous parasitic amoebas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Amoebae are single-celled eukaryotic microorganisms that move by cytoplasmic streaming and possess characteristic surface projections of the cell known as pseudopodia. They are categorised among the heterotrophic protozoa and are grouped with photosynthetic protozoa and algae in an eclectic group, the protists.

Detailed explanation-3: -Protozoa are unicellular eukaryotes. Examples: amoeba, euglena, paramecium.

Detailed explanation-4: -Amoeba is a protozoan and it belongs to kingdom Protista.

Detailed explanation-5: -Amoebas fulfill these criteria: they are single-celled and capable of independent movement and feeding. They may thus be described as protozoans, although in formal taxonomic classification they fall under the Kingdom Protista.

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