protozoan: Media

microorganism

Videos

Discover how individual cilia employ viscous drag to coordinate power and recovery strokes for locomotion
Learn about the coordinated beating of cilia, which propel protozoans through water.
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Analyze the structure and motion of cilia and flagella
Learn about the structure and movement of cilia and flagella.
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Study the habits of amoebae, vorticellas, paramecium, and other protozoans under a microscope
Paramecium and other species of single-celled organisms and the variety...
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Observe protozoan microorganisms from a drop of pond water under optical and electron microscopes
Paramecia and other single-celled organisms in pond water.
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Images

Noctiluca scintillans
Dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans (magnified).
Douglas P. Wilson
amoeba
Amoeba (magnified).
Russ Kinne/Photo Researchers
representative protozoans
Representative protozoans. The phytoflagellate Gonyaulax is one of the dinoflagellates...
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glass model of Volvox
Glass model of protozoan colony Volvox (magnified about 40×).
Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, New York City
dinoflagellate
The dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (magnified).
© blickwinkel/Alamy
red tide
Red tide, Tampa Bay, Florida, showing fish kill and red coloration caused by dinoflagellates.
R.F. Head—The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers
oligotrich; Halteria grandinella
The ciliated oligotrich Halteria grandinella.
J.M. Langham
Trypanosoma cruzi
Photomicrograph of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease.
Dr. Myron G. Schultz/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Image Number: 613)
blackwater fever
Micrograph of blood cells showing ring-forms (circular organisms within the cells)...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Image Numer: 5856)
Trichomonas vaginalis
Trichomonas vaginalis.
A.L. Leu
suctorian; Podophrya fixa
The ciliated suctorian Podophrya fixa.
Walter Dawn
Plasmodium vivax
Plasmodium vivax in red blood cell.
A.L. Leu
conjugation
Two hypotrichs in conjugation.
Damián H. Zanette
malaria life cycle
Life cycle of a malaria parasite.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Entamoeba coli
Entamoeba coli.
A.L. Leu
The role of lysosomes in intracellular digestionDigestion...
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