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It's neither.. its considered apart of the protist kingdom. Fungi have their own kingdom as does bacteria, animals, archaea and plants.

Plants, Animals, Fungi and Protists are all called Eukaryotes because they all are similar in that they all have a nucleus and things called "membrane bound organelles". They are generally considered more complex then Archaea and Bacteria.

The amazing thing about Eukaryotes is that originally they were once bacteria as well. However millions of years ago a bacteria engulfed another bacteria which kept living inside the other bacteria and released nutrients from inside the bacteria which actually helped it survive. That original bacteria turned into the "membrane bound organelles" we find in eukaryotes today!!!!!! The nucleus of the eukaryotes (which bacteria and archaea dont have) may have arisen from an engulfed virus but we still dont know if that is correct. :S

Some Protists can cause infection while most don't.

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