Plasmodium, nutrition

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Nothing of a nutritional nature is known regarding these parasitic protozoans with the single exception of the malarial organism, Plasmodium, The very nature of their habitat and their close association with their hosts preclude precise observations. Even in the malarial organisms our biochemical knowledge is meager indeed, as compared to other more amenable types. 

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