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Protista

Evolved about 1.5 billion years ago. The simplist group of eukaryotes, but incredibly diverse. Can be unicellular or multicellular, and sometimes undergo photosynthesis

3 Main Phyla

Common Organism Apicomplexa

  • Causes Malaria
  • Genus name Plasmodium
  • Species name vivax
  • Live all around the Earth
  • Usually make own food 5 Interesting Facts
  • Causes mosquitoes to put saliva in human host
  • Plasodium vivax undergo its asexual cycle in red blood cells
  • Infected person then feels chills and other symptoms
  • Afflicts about 300 million people annually world wide
  • Kills more than 3 million per year
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    Kingdom Protista
    Protista
    Group of Phylums



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