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).
