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The Protozoa

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Protozoans are an extremely diverse group of unicellular animals. As free-living organisms they are found in virtually every ecological niche, such as bottoms of the deepest marine trenches, salt lakes, edges of ice flows, and even certain thermal springs. As parasites, they infect all species of vertebrates and many invertebrates, in which they have adapted to life in nearly all available sites within the body of the host.

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