The absurdity of protozoa worrying about a "nucleus-breaker" feels fresh. Still, it’s also a sharp commentary on how ...

Different as the cells from animals, plants, fungi and protozoa can be, they all share one prominent feature: a nucleus. They have other organelles, too, like the energy-producing mitochondria, but ...

In prokaryote cell organization there is a nucleoid containing genomic DNA but it is not surrounded by membranes such as what defines the eukaryote nucleus (Martin & Koonin 2006). Eukaryotes such ...

A eukaryote is any cell or organism that possesses a clearly defined nucleus. Eukaryotic cells form the foundation of complex, multicellular life, including apple trees, mushrooms, fish and humans.

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 ...

Researchers have analyzed drinking water and detected oocysts of Cryptosporidium and cysts of Giardia, two protozoa that cause outbreaks of diarrhea in humans. The levels detected are very low and ...

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 ...

The Rocky Canyon swim beach at Lake Pueblo State Park has been indefinitely closed after protozoa were found Monday to be lining the water’s shoreline.

DURING recent years, there has been increasing amount of evidence regarding the importance of protozoa in the aerobic purification of sewage1–4 and, more recently, some quantitative observations ...

Ubiquitous waterborne protozoa appear capable of aiding the survival of several types of bacteria responsible for gut-wrenching food poisoning. ... as does the protozoan’s nucleus.