Anti-protist or antiprotistal refers to an
anti-parasitic and
anti-infective agent which is active against
protists
A protist () is any eukaryotic organism (that is, an organism whose cells contain a cell nucleus) that is not an animal, plant, or fungus. While it is likely that protists share a common ancestor (the last eukaryotic common ancestor), the exc ...
. Unfortunately due to the long ingrained usage of the term
antiprotozoal
Antiprotozoal agents ( ATC code: ATC P01) is a class of pharmaceuticals used in treatment of protozoan infection.
A paraphyletic group, protozoans have little in common with each other. For example, ''Entamoeba histolytica'', a unikont eukar ...
, the two terms are confused, when in fact protists are a supercategory. Therefore, there are protists that are not protozoans.
Beyond "animal-like" (heterotrophic, including parasitic) protozoans, protists also include the "plant-like" (autotrophic)
protophyta and the "fungi-like"
saprophytic
Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi ( ...
molds. In current biology, the concept of a "protist" and its three subdivisions has been replaced.
See also
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Amebicide
References
External links
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Biocides