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Plasmodium (life cycle)
Living structure of cytoplasm that contains many nuclei / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the genus of parasitic protozoa which causes malaria, see Plasmodium.
A plasmodium is a living structure of cytoplasm that contains many nuclei, rather than being divided into individual cells each with a single nucleus.
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Plasmodia are best known from slime molds, but are also found in parasitic Myxosporea, and some algae such as the Chlorarachniophyta.