Protists are one of the six kingdoms of life. They are simple eukaryotic microorganisms that do not fall into the plant, animal, bacteria or fungus groups.

Long cast as villains, some protists, such as Blastocystis, are potentially beneficial to human health.

Protists are kind of a catch-all group for eukaryotic organisms that have not been classified as fungi, plants, or animals. They include a variety of groups that evolved from a common ancestor, but ...

Protists are predators of bacteria, and they help shape soil communities by munching on bacteria (sorry, bacteria). Researchers knew that protists could identify prey when they were in direct contact ...

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Lacrymaria olor, a single-celled protist, can extend its neck up to 30 times its body length.These before-and-after images show how microtubules curve around the organism’s body to create curved ...

The study identified 230 new giant viruses and 530 novel functional proteins, shedding light on their interactions with ...

DNA sequence comparisons confirmed that the protist belongs to Endomyxa. Based on these findings, the researchers described it as a new genus and species: Viscidocauda repens.

But, when researchers looked at the genetic code, the protist Oligohymenophorea sp. PL0344 turned out to be a novel species with an unlikely change in how its DNA is translated into proteins.

This also allowed the protists to establish a stable population density. Unlike toxin formation, the individual defense of the bacteria was not reversible.