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What is a protist?

What is a protist? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (microbiology) Any of the eukaryotic unicellular organisms including protozoans, slime molds and some algae; historically grouped into the kingdom Protoctista.
    1. single celled eukaryotes + prokaryotes + sponges [to 1959]
    2. single-celled eukaryotes + prokaryotes [1959 - 1969]
    3. single celled eukaryotes [1969 -]
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Wasting disease symptoms are caused by the infection of a marine slime mould-like protist, Labyrinthula zosterae.
Our laboratory works with the dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra, a unicellular marine protist.
We will investigate how changes in protist communities and biodiversity will affect primary productivity and carbon flux.
The protist fossil record is exquisitely detailed, allowing the authors to do exactly that.
Complete genome of the uncultured Termite Group 1 bacteria in a single host protist cell.
Plasmodium, the causative agent of human malaria, is an acellular protist nourished by red blood cells in the blood of man.

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