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Section: MICROORGANISMS
Subsection: PROTOZOA
Date Composed: 12-11-95 Date Modified: 12-18-95
Protozoa are unicellular organisms often found in the same aqueous environments as algae and bacteria. Protozoa, organically classified as part of the animal kingdom (proto = first; zoa = animal), are now included in the kingdom Protista. Like the algae and fungi, protozoa are eucaryotic. They are motile either with flagella or cilia. Some contain chloroplasts and are photosynthetic.
Suggested methods for slide preparation:
1) wet mount
2) crystal violet
3) lactofuchsin or phenol cotton blue