The many organisms designated as protists are
A) closely related to the bacteria.
B) highly diverse and not all closely related to one another.
C) part of a monophyletic clade.
D) all unicellular.
E) all microscopic.

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Protists are a highly diverse group of eukaryotic organisms, and not all of them are closely related to one another. They may be unicellular, colonial, or multicellular, and may have various structures and modes of nutrition. They are not closely related to bacteria, and although they belong to the eukaryotic domain, they do not form a monophyletic clade. Some protists are microscopic, but others are macroscopic.

The Many Organisms Designated as Protists Are