protist

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Just wondering could you theoretically make either from some process that does not involve plants, bacteria, protist or fungi?

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Any single-celled eukaryote .

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noun

Any single-celled eukaryote .

noun

Any single-celled eukaryote or prokaryote .

noun

Any single-celled eukaryote, prokaryote or sponge .

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for protist.

noun

Any single-celled eukaryote .

noun

Any single-celled eukaryote or prokaryote .

noun

Any single-celled eukaryote, prokaryote or sponge .

noun

(microbiology) Any of the eukaryotic, usually unicellular organisms—including protozoans, slime molds and some algae—historically grouped into the kingdom Protista (or Protoctista), now distributed over several clades; any eukaryote that is not a plant, animal or fungus.

Example sentences

Just wondering could you theoretically make either from some process that does not involve plants, bacteria, protist or fungi?

At any rate, both are far from plants, and other protist species unrelated to all of these are multicellular.

Like a potato virus, a protist virus, an apple virus, an Apple virus or a Windows virus.

They're very careful to avoid the words 'slime mold' and 'protist', which really should be in there.

Very occasionally you can see a protist with your naked eye (like a giant rotifer).

But it was good enough for our protist ancestors, so it would not do to say it is wrong, as such.

Malaria is caused by a protist (a singled celled organism), not a virus.

However, the larger reason is that Plasmodium populations (the protist) are larger than mosquito populations and, consequently, can evolve around human modifications faster.

Malaria is a more complicated organism, a protist with many local varieties, and a tremendous ability to evolve around vaccines and medications in general.

I somehow had never seen/heard the word protist before (biology is obviously not my specialization).

You can vaccinate against some bacteria, but I’ve never heard of a vaccine for a protist although there are ongoing attempts.

Usually choanoflagellates are considered the nearest non-animal protist to animals.

Quote examples

Additionally cool, fighting things like mold, yeast, and protist infections could then become "routine".

"Protist" is a word normally used with the meaning "unicellular eukaryote" a.k.a.

The roots of "animal", "fungus", and "plant" are completely arbitrary; anything outside the chosen root can be called a "protist" (many marine "plants" are counted as protists nowadays).