What is the importance of protozoans?
What is the importance of protozoans? Protozoans play important roles in the fertility of soils. By grazing on soil bacteria, they regulate bacterial populations and maintain them in a state of physiological youth—i.e., in the active growing phase. This enhances the rates at which bacteria decompose dead organic matter. Which protozoa are useful? Some protozoa, such as Entamoeba histolytica,Trichomonas vaginalis, Giardia lamblia, and Balantidium coli use pseudopodia, flagella or cilia to swim through mucus and contact host cells. Protozoa use adhesins associated with their cytoplasmic membrane to adhere to host cells, colonize, and resist flushing. What are protozoa in nature?...