Encyclopedia >  Plants and Animals  >  Microbes, Algae, and Fungi  >  Moneran and Protistan

plasmodium

plasmodium, name for a stage in the life cycle of a slime mold. Also, Plasmodium is the name given to the genus of the protozoan parasite that causes malaria.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

More on plasmodium from Fact Monster:

  • Giovanni Battista Grassi - Grassi, Giovanni Battista Grassi, Giovanni Battista , 1854–1925, Italian zoologist. He ...
  • Sporozoa - Sporozoa Sporozoa , phylum of unicellular heterotrophic organisms of the kingdom Protista. Unlike ...
  • malaria - malaria malaria, infectious parasitic disease that can be either acute or chronic and is frequently ...
  • slime mold - slime mold slime mold or slime fungus,a heterotrophic organism once regarded as a fungus but later ...
  • Sir Ronald Ross - Ross, Sir Ronald Ross, Sir Ronald, 1857–1932, English physician, b. Almora, India. He studied ...

See more Encyclopedia articles on: Moneran and Protistan