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Which one of the following organisms is scientifically correctly named, correctly printed according to the International Rules of Nomenclature and correctly described?

1. Musca domestica - The common house lizard, a reptile.
2. Plasmodium falciparum - A protozoan pathogen causing the most serious type of malaria.
3. Felis tigris - The Indian tiger, well protected in Gir forests.
4. E.coli - Full name Entamoeba coli, a commonly occurring bacterium in human intestine.

Correct answer: Plasmodium falciparum - A protozoan pathogen causing the most serious type of malaria.

Solution

Plasmodium falciparum is the correctly written binomial name of a protozoan parasite. It is the species responsible for the most severe form of human malaria, so both the naming and description are correct.

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