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Protozoa
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Protozoa, formerly, the name of an animal phylum comprising a large, diverse assortment of microscopic or near-microscopic one-celled heterotrophic organisms (protozoans protozoan (prō'təzō`ən), informal term for the unicellular heterotrophs of the kingdom Protista .
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). The term "protozoan" (or the collective plural "protozoa") continues to be used informally; the organisms are now more commonly placed in any of five phyla in the kingdom Protista Protista (prōtĭs`tə) or Protoctista
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To evaluate specificities, we used serum samples from Spanish blood donors; samples from healthy controls from sub-Saharan Africa; and samples from patients with isolated helminthic, protozoal, bacterial, or viral infections (Table 1).
The horse, who won last year's Grade II San Rafael Stakes, was suffering from equine protozoal myelitis.
Or was it EPM, short for equine protozoal myelitis?
 
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