What are the pros and cons of protozoa?

This species of protozoa, called Amoeba proteus, is a nonparasite and is fairly common in freshwater lakes and ponds. It is seen through a microscope at 300 magnification. The bumps and tubelike extensions around the single-celled creature are the pseudopodia used for locomotion and to capture dinner. read more

Protozoa as indicators of soil quality: pros and cons Bioindicators are, in a broad ecological sense, organisms that can be used for detection and qualitative and/or quantitative characterization of a certain environmental factor or of a complex of environmental factors; a narrower definition confines bioindicators to human influences . read more