Get to know Protists better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Protists meaning
plural of protist
Using Protists
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of protist
- In the example corpus, protists often appears in combinations such as: many protists, some protists, and protists.
Context around Protists
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 3 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Protists
- In this selection, "protists" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, heliozoan, ambiregnal, endosymbiotic, fertilisation, play and meiosis stand out and add context to how "protists" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and other protists and and some protists who undergo. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "protists" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with protists
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The actinophryids are small, familiar group of heliozoan protists. (9 words)
Many protists and fungi alternate between sexual and asexual reproduction. (10 words)
These carbohydrate types can be metabolized by some bacteria and protists. (11 words)
These protists live as individual amoebae until starved, at which point they aggregate and form a multicellular fruiting body in which some cells sacrifice themselves to promote the survival of other cells in the fruiting body. (36 words)
A mammalian cell typically contains 40 to 100 stacks. citation Between four and eight cisternae are usually present in a stack; however, in some protists as many as sixty cisternae have been observed. (33 words)
However, as a legacy of the older plant life scheme, some groups that were also treated as protozoans in the past still have duplicated classifications (see ambiregnal protists ). (28 words)
Example sentences (14)
A mammalian cell typically contains 40 to 100 stacks. citation Between four and eight cisternae are usually present in a stack; however, in some protists as many as sixty cisternae have been observed.
Exceptions are animals and some protists, who undergo meiosis immediately followed by fertilization.
Fertilisation in protists Fertilisation in protozoa There are three types of fertilisation processes in protozoa: Fertilization in protozoa and metazoan animals: cellular and molecular aspects.
Flagellates are the major consumers of primary and secondary production in aquatic ecosystems - consuming bacteria and other protists.
However, as a legacy of the older plant life scheme, some groups that were also treated as protozoans in the past still have duplicated classifications (see ambiregnal protists ).
In lower termites, the endosymbiotic protists play a major role in the digestion of lignocellulosic materials that constitute a bulk of the termites' diet.
In some plants, fungi, and protists meiosis results in the formation of spores : haploid cells that can divide vegetatively without undergoing fertilization.
Many protists and fungi alternate between sexual and asexual reproduction.
Other cell coverings Many protists and bacteria produce other cell surface structures apart from cell walls, external ( extracellular matrix ) or internal.
The actinophryids are small, familiar group of heliozoan protists.
The gymnosphaerids (or Gymnosphaerida) citation are a small group of heliozoan protists found in marine environments.
These carbohydrate types can be metabolized by some bacteria and protists.
These protists live as individual amoebae until starved, at which point they aggregate and form a multicellular fruiting body in which some cells sacrifice themselves to promote the survival of other cells in the fruiting body.
The word flagellate also describes a particular construction (or level of organization) characteristic of many protists ( eukaryotic organisms) and their means of motion.
Common combinations with protists
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: