Entamoeba histolytica can cause amoebic dysentery. It moves using pseudopodia, can only feed by phagocytosis and is unicellular. Entamoeba histolytica is which of the following?

a. A protozoa
b. An algae
c. A slime mold
d. A diatom
e. An apicomplexan


Ans: a. A protozoa

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