What are the important characteristics of protists?

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What are the important characteristics of protists?

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5 kingdom classifications is a type of classification in which living organisms are classified into 5 different kingdoms. In which one kingdom Monera contains prokaryotes and the remaining four kingdoms are eukaryotes.

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The organisms which are eukaryotic but are unicellular means like eukaryotic organisms they have separate organelles but are single celled organisms. Such organisms are classified under protists, but some multicellular algae also belong to this protista kingdom.

 

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