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24.

What are kinetoplastids?

25.

Aside from a risk of birth defects, what other effect might a toxoplasmosis infection have?

26.

What is the function of the ciliate macronucleus?

27.

What is the best defense against tapeworm infection?

28.

Which genera of fungi are common dermatophytes (fungi that cause skin infections)?

29.

What is a dikaryotic cell?

30.

What is a distinctive feature of diatoms?

31.

Why are algae not considered parasitic?

32.

Which groups contain the multicellular algae?

33.

What are three ways that lichens are environmentally valuable?

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