Difference between Fungi and Protozoa
No. |
Fungi |
Protozoa |
1. | Unicellular or multicellular eukaryotes with chitinous cell wall, absorptive nutrition and stores energy as a glycogen is referred as fungi. | A single celled animals which are aquatic organisms and belongs to kingdom Protista are referred as Protozoa. |
2. | These are plant like structure and multi celled eukaryotes. | These are single celled organisms which can spread through water. |
3. | Fungi belongs to the Kingdom Fungi. | Protozoa belongs to the Kingdom Protista. |
4. | These are basically multicellular and cell wall of the fungi contains chitin. | These are basically unicellular and cell wall of the protozoa contains a pellicle. |
5. | Chitin of the cell wall protects fungi and helps to survive in unfavourable conditions like in absent of water, cold and heat. | Pellicle of cell wall protects protozoa and helps in locomotion. |
6. | Examples of fungi includes Yeasts, Mucor, Agaricus, Penicillium, Curvularia and Aspergillus. | Examples of protozoa includes plasmodium. Amoeba, paramecia, Trypanosoma, Leishmania, Giardia, Tetragymena and Trichonympha. |