Lab 1-Giardia Flashcards
How does one get infected with Giardia?
Drinking contaminated water
Special feature of Giardia used to latch on host cell?
Ventral sucking disks
How does Giardia multiply?
Binary fission
How long does a cyst stay infective when in freshwater?
1 week
Where in the host does the cyst excyst?
In the intestine
What happens when cyst encysts?
Nuclei and flagella divide
What happens when cyst excysts?
Final separation into 2 trophozoites takes place
True or False: Trophozoite will not complete division until it is ingested by a new host?
True
What part is unique to this genus (Giardia) that is also a form of Golgi bodies?
parabasal bodies
What is its target host?
Mammals
How does it attach to host epithelium?
Ventral sucking disks
What structure does it use for movement?
Flagella
