Microbial Eukaryotes Are Ecologically and Evolutionarily Important for Many Reasons

question 95

Multiple Choice

Microbial eukaryotes are ecologically and evolutionarily important for many reasons. Which of the following is not true of this group?

• A) Multicellular groups evolved from microbial eukaryotes.
• B) Photosynthetic microbial eukaryotes play a major role in the energy balance of the living world.
• C) None of the microbial eukaryotes are parasites.
• D) Saprobic microbial eukaryotes are among the important decomposers and thus play a major role in the nutrient cycles of the living world.
• E) Many microbial eukaryotes have highly differentiated bodies, even though they consist of only one cell.

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