5th Flashcards
➢the scientific study of parasitic protozoa and worms
parasitology
An organism that derives nutrients from a living
host.
parasite
an organism infected by a pathogen
host
Branch of biology concerned with identifying, naming, and classifying species
taxonomy
*The scientific study of biological diversity and its classification
systematics
rely on published species description, as well as on
studies of DNA, proteins, ecology, and geographical distribution to develop phylogenies of parasites
Systematists
- The evolutionary history of a species or a group of related species
phylogeny
- Study concerned with all ecological aspects of a disease to explain its
transmission, distribution, prevalence, and incidence.
epidemiology
A close association between organisms of two or
more species
symbiosis
Organisms involved in symbiotic relationship
with other organisms
symbionts
4 interactions of symbionts
- phoresis
- mutualism
- commensalism
- parasitism
Form of symbiosis when the symbiont (phoront),
is mechanically carried about by its host. Neither
is physiologically dependent on the other
phoresis
one organism benefits, and the other is unaffected
commensalism
both organism benefit
mutualism