The
kingdom, protista’s characteristics are that the organism (not a plant,
animal or fungus) are:
unicellular however some are multicellular like algae, are heterotrophic or
autotrophic, others lives in water while some live in moist areas or human body,
have a nucleus, cellular respiration is primarily aerobic, some are pathogenic
(e.g. causing Malaria) and reproduction is mitosis or meiosis. This kingdom
includes: Sacordinians – pseudopods (e.g. Amoeba, Foraminiferans.), Zooflagellates – flagellates
(e.g. Trypanosoma gambiense),
Ciliaphorans – ciliates (e.g. paramecium) and Sporozoans (e.g. Plasmodium).
