Which of the following statements concerning protists is false?

a. All protists are eukaryotic organisms; many are unicellular or colonial.
b. The organism that causes malaria is transmitted to humans by the bite of the tsetse fly.
c. All apicomplexans are parasitic.
d. Cellular slime molds have an amoeboid stage that may be followed by a stage during which spores are produced.
e. The euglenozoans that are functionally mixotrophic contain chloroplasts.


Ans: b. The organism that causes malaria is transmitted to humans by the bite of the tsetse fly.

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