National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Protista

Synonyms

Protist

Protista

Definitions

A taxonomic kingdom that includes algae, protozoa, slime molds, and water molds. Members of kingdom protista are aerobic and may be unicellular, multicellular, or colony forming. Additionally, protista require a water-based environment to survive. All protista are true eukaryotes with a nuclear membrane and mitochondria. Some protista also contain chloroplasts and can perform photosynthesis. Protists reproduce by mitosis or meiosis.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77914

code

C77914

DEFINITION

A taxonomic kingdom that includes algae, protozoa, slime molds, and water molds. Members of kingdom protista are aerobic and may be unicellular, multicellular, or colony forming. Additionally, protista require a water-based environment to survive. All protista are true eukaryotes with a nuclear membrane and mitochondria. Some protista also contain chloroplasts and can perform photosynthesis. Protists reproduce by mitosis or meiosis.

FULL_SYN

Protist

Protista

label

Protista

Legacy Concept Name

Protista

Preferred_Name

Protista

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C77914

Semantic_Type

Organism

UMLS_CUI

C0597305

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C25796

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