Michael A Sleigh, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Published online: January 2006
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0004345
Protozoa, most of which have long been considered as unicellular animals, have been studied for over 300 years, at first as microscopic curiosities, later as organisms causing disease, and more recently as important components of ecosystems. Protozoology, the study of protozoa, is a discipline with a substantial following throughout the world.
Keywords: microscopy; cell biology; ecology; parasitology
| Further Reading | |
| book Coombs GH, Vickerman K, Sleigh MA and Warren A (eds) (1998) Evolutionary Relationships among Protozoa. Dordrecht: Kluwer. | |
| Corliss JO (1992) Historically important events, discoveries, and works in protozoology from the mid-17th to the mid-20th century. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural 42: 45–81. | |
| Corliss JO (1998) The golden anniversary of the Society of Protozoologists (1947–1997). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 45: 1–26. | |
| book Dobell C (1932) Antony van Leeuwenhoek and his ‘Little Animals’. Amsterdam: Swets and Zeitlinger. | |
| book Grell KG (1973) Protozoology, 3rd edn. Berlin: Springer. | |
| book Hausmann K, Hülsmann N and Radek R (2003) Protistology, 3rd edn. Stuttgart, Germany: E. Schweizerbartsche Buchhandlung. | |
| book Kudo RR (1966) Protozoology, 5th edn. Springfield, IL: Thomas. | |
| book Puytorac P de, Grain J and Mignot J-P (1987) Precis de Protistologie. Paris: Boubée. | |
| book Sleigh MA (1989) Protozoa and Other Protists. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | |
| book Vickerman K, Sleigh MA, Leadbeater B and McCready S (2000) A Century of Protozoology in Britain. Birmingham: The British Section of the Society of Protozoologists. | |
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