Introduction
The kingdom Protista consists of primarily
aquatic eukaryotic organisms whose has diverse body forms, types of
reproduction, modes of nutrition and lifestyles.
All the organisms which
are included in Kingdom Protista are called protists.
All protists are
eukaryotic and have evolved from prokaryotes.
The other eukaryotic
kingdoms such as Plantae, Fungi, Animalia arose from protists in various ways.
The protists are
unicellular eukaryotic, colonial or simple multicellular organisms.
Unlike plants and
animals, protists do not develop from a blastula or an embryo.
The kingdom protista
contains four major groups of eukaryotic organisms which are
Protozoans
Unicellular Algae
Multicellular algae
Slime molds
Oomycotes
