Protozoa of the year

The single cell of the year is determined by the German Society for Protozoology .

In May 2007 the German Society for Protozoology voted a single cell of the year at a conference in Salzburg . With their choice, the scientists wanted to draw attention to the fact that the large group of unicellular organisms plays an important role in the earth's ecosystems .

In 2008 there was no single cell of the year.

Previous protozoa of the year

year	German name	scientific name
2007	Paramecium	Paramecium
2008	-
2009	(a genus of eyelashes )	Tetrahymena
2010	Eye animals	Euglena
2011	(a genus of slime mold)	Dictyostelium
2012	(a genus of amoeba )	Acanthamoeba
2013	(a genus of sun animals)	Actinophrys
2014	Trumpet animals	Stentor
2015	The genus of vampire camo	Vampyrella
2016	Trichomonas	Trichomonas vaginalis
2017		Diaphanoeca grandis
2018	Inks	Dictyocysta miter
2019		Nuclearia
2020	(a type of dinoflagellate )	Dinophysis acuta

Web links

protozoologie.de: single cell of the year