APICOMPLEXA Flashcards
Characteristics and examples
Apicomplexa is allso known as
Sporozoa
Apicomplexa are all
Parasitic
Apicomplexa do not move from place to place. They have no……. Structures
Locomotory structure
Because they are parasitic and sessile, they live
Intracellularly
Phylum apicomplexa is characterized by a complex cycle involving …….. and…….. In . ….. Hosts
Sexual and asexual in 2 hosts
They have cilia and flagella at
Certain reproductive stages
They produce spores also known as …… at certain stages of their life-cycles
Sprozoites
The modified plastid in apicomplexa is called
Apicoplast
Apicomplexans penetrate the host cells by using
Apical complex
Asexual reproduction is called
Schizogony or sporogony
Sexual reproduction is also know as
Gametogamy
Apicomplexa has only one nucleus, meaning it is
Uninucleated
Examples are
Cryptosporidium, toxoplasma, plasmodium, eimera and Isospora
Toxoplasmosis affects ………… Individuals
Immunosuppressed
Chryptosporidium causes …………
Chronic dysentery
Toxoplasmosis causes ……….. And ……….. in pregnant women
Spontaneous abortions and still births
Surviving fetuses from toxoplasmosis may suffer from ……… and ……
Mental retardation and epileptic seizures.
Organisms that have membrane-bound scans underneath the plasma membrane are grouped as
Alveolata
Dinoflagellates may also possess. ……. If closely related to apicomplexa
Alveoli
Dinoflagellates have ……… ,……. And ..,..
Plastids, cellulose cell wall and alveoli
Plastids in dinoflagellates are incorporated by and aids. ….
Endosymbiosis, photosynthesis
An example of dinoflagellata producing toxins that cause massive fish kill is
Gymnodinium
Dinoflagellates bloom causes …… In coastal waters due to the presence of ….
Red tide, carotenoids
Dinoflagellates acquire photosynthetic ability by
Secondary endo symbiosis
Dinoflagellates have….
Cellulose cell wall and plastids
