In the task to classify the unicellular parasites found in the ... and eventually a body, ranging from a microscopic jellyfish to a huge blue whale," explained the researcher.

produced by microscopic, unicellular protists known as Foraminifera. When Foraminifera die, their shells remain in the sea and the tide brings them ashore. In the case of Hatoma, Iriomote and ...

Protists, typically unicellular microscopic organisms that aren’t animals, fungi or plants, perform all functions within a cell. But animals are the ultimate delegators: some cells are assigned ...

Diatoms are microscopic unicellular algae occurring in natural waters worldwide. During photosynthesis, they take up large quantities of carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas emitted through ...

Parasites refer to microscopic unicellular protozoa, multicellular helminths which may reach large dimensions, and arthropods which comprise diverse organisms. All are possible vectors of disease.

They were microscopic unicellular creatures with little to no ability to coordinate. Yet billions of years of evolution through competition and natural selection led to the complex life forms we ...

A microscopic species, Amphistegina lobifera, is contributing to the formation of sand, shaking up the natural balance of coastal areas. These unicellular organisms, prolific in warm waters ...

But they didn’t feed like other microscopic vampires. The unicellular blobs engulfed and split apart Closterium algae cells, sucking out the insides and tossing the rest. “We just couldn’t b ...

This trumpet-shaped organism is among the largest unicellular organisms ... has a hard time vacuuming up the swimming bacteria and microscopic algae it eats to survive. New research reveals ...