Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134832302
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 12, Problem 2TMW
Why did early taxonomists categorize such obviously different microorganisms as parabasalids, diplomonads, euglenozoa, alveolates, rhizaria, and amoebozoa in a single taxon, Protozoa?
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