Tiny protozoa may hold key to world water safety Date: December 12, 2010 Source: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Summary: Biologists have developed a sensor that employs one-celled protozoa ...

Some protozoa infect the brain of their host, shaping its behavior in ways most suited to the pathogen, even if it leads to the suicide of the host. Skip to main content. Scientific American.

9 Interesting facts about Protozoa. 1. Entamoeba Histolytica is a pathogenic parasite and causes amoebic dysentery or Amebiasis. It is an infection of the human gastrointestinal tract in which ...

How Paramecium protozoa claw their way to the top. by Max Planck Society. How some organisms are able to find upwards for their survival – as shown here symbolically from below ...

Regulated cell death is a key process in plant and animal development, but does it occur in parasitic protozoa? Jeremy Mottram and colleagues assess the evidence of regulated cell death in these ...

Pathogenic intestinal protozoa are responsible for clinically important infections in both the developed and the developing world. These organisms are responsible for both acute and chronic ...

Protozoa of the genera Cryptosporidium and Giardia are among the most common causes of waterborne diarrheal outbreaks in developed countries. They can be ingested accidentally by humans through ...

A new test using protozoa — single-celled organisms — has been developed by U.K. researchers, who say it has "great potential" for reducing the use of animals to determine the safety of cosmetics.