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What are the 5 disadvantages of protozoa?

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Answered by Anonymous
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The usefulness of protozoa can be discuss under 
the following heads: 
Helpful in Sanitation: 
A large number of protozoans living in polluted 
water feed upon waste organic substances and 
thus purify it. Numerous holozoic protozoa feed 
upon bacteria and play an important role in the 
sanitary betterment and keeping water safe for
drinking. 
Protozoa in food: 
Although so minute, the protozoans are so 
numerous that they form sources of food supply 
to man both indirectly. The protozoans are 
ingested or fed by insect larvae, crustaceans and 
worms, which are devoured by fishes, calm and
other bigger animals, these constitute the food
of man. 
The pelagic foraminifers and Radiolaria after 
death sink to the ocean bottom and along with 
the debris form the fundamental food supply, 
the dinoflagellates constitute a large part of 
plankton, which is utilized by the aquatic 
animals. Some of the protozoans are 
photosynthetic and can produce eighty times as 
much food as the most efficient protein 
producing crops. 
Symbiotic protozoans: 
Certain protozoa like Trichonympha and 
colonympha etc. live in the intestine of termites 
and wood cockroaches and help in the digestion 
of cellulose, which is converted into glycogen to 
be utilized by the host. 
Commercial use of Protozoans: 
The skeletal deposits of foramenifera and 
Radiolaria form oceanic ooze at the bottom of 
the sea. This is converted into important rock 
strata.




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Answered by samyakjain336p8x3z5
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Disadvantages


✔They're easy to study because they belong to the same classification / group. 

✔They're easy to work with in a lab. 


✔They're highly adaptable to various habitats and living conditions

They can be readily compared and contrasted with other species.


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