After a meal of raw oysters, a woman begins to feel numbness and tingling in her hands and feet. By the time she gets to the hospital, she can no longer move and is having difficulty breathing. The lab finds a protist with two flagella. The organism is a(n)

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The symptoms and the presence of a protist with two flagella suggest a dinoflagellate, which can produce toxins causing paralytic shellfish poisoning, often associated with consuming contaminated shellfish like oysters.

After a Meal of Raw Oysters, a Woman Begins to Feel