This is a strange question because when anybody wants to know the economic importance of something, it is usually meant in monetary terms. However, in this case the monetary importance is something that develops somewhere down the line and so is not the first thing someone would think of when considering these two protists.
When consuming food the heterotrophic way, the euglena surrounds the food and consumes it; when it feeds autotrophically, eugena uses chloroplasts, which is why it is green, that contain chlorophyll and some carotenoid pigments, which produce sugars by photosynthesis.
Because they do this, they produce oxygen and so their economic value in the water is an intrinsic part of the ecosystem and, therefore is valuable.
Someone who has been infected with plasmodium will demonstrate many symptoms. They will have a high temperature, followed by chills, which will come and go over a few days. This is indicative of the life span of plasmodium while in its host.
Untreated, the person will suffer severe anemia and oxygen deficiency. If allowed to reach the brain, the victim will suffer from drowsiness and could go into a coma.
Looking at these facts, it may be fair to say that plasmodium has no economic value, but the truly cynical would say that without disease there could be no treatments and the pharmaceutical industry would be out of business.
- Euglena
When consuming food the heterotrophic way, the euglena surrounds the food and consumes it; when it feeds autotrophically, eugena uses chloroplasts, which is why it is green, that contain chlorophyll and some carotenoid pigments, which produce sugars by photosynthesis.
Because they do this, they produce oxygen and so their economic value in the water is an intrinsic part of the ecosystem and, therefore is valuable.
- Plasmodium
Someone who has been infected with plasmodium will demonstrate many symptoms. They will have a high temperature, followed by chills, which will come and go over a few days. This is indicative of the life span of plasmodium while in its host.
Untreated, the person will suffer severe anemia and oxygen deficiency. If allowed to reach the brain, the victim will suffer from drowsiness and could go into a coma.
Looking at these facts, it may be fair to say that plasmodium has no economic value, but the truly cynical would say that without disease there could be no treatments and the pharmaceutical industry would be out of business.
