Parasites Flashcards
1st name/ always capitalized
Genus (always italicized or underlined)
Last name/always lowercase
Species (always italicized or underlined)
Feeding/phagocytosis/engulfing
Whole/animal-like
Holozoic
Just like plants they absorb their food
Holophytic feeders
Less locomotion
Greater parasite
Single cell parasites
Protozoa
Holozoic
“Amoeba proteus”
Has cilia, have rapid locomotion, holozoic
“Paramecium caudatum”
(Amoebic dysentery) holozoic
“Entamoeba histolytica”
(West African trypanosomiasis)
Phlatulum in circulatory system
“Trypanosoma gambiense”
(Benign tertian malaria)
Moves from host by mosquito
Uses host to multiply and get around
Greatest concern cause less locomotion greater parasite you’ll be malaria)
Moves from host by mosquito
Uses host to multiply and get around
Greatest concern cause less locomotion greater parasite you’ll be
“Plasmodium vivax”
“Cryptospiridium parvum”
Moves through water system
Uses host to multiply and get around
Greatest concern cause less locomotion the greater parasite you’ll be
“Giardia lamblia”
(Giardiasis)
Moves from water
“Trichomonas vaginalis”
(STD) water, towel, clothing
Lives in digestive system and eats intestinal walls
@4x
12.5 micrometers
@10x
5 micrometers
@40x
1.25 micrometers
@100x
.5 micrometers
Helminths
Worms
Multicellular
Take from the host and don’t give anything back
Hermaphroditic
Can fertilize their own eggs
Holophytic
Can absorb nutrients then reproduce
“Phylum platyhelminthes”
Flat worms
Require water
What are the 3 most frequently used media in micro lab?
TSA plate, tryptic soy broth, TSA slant
How much agar do we add to broth to make a solid? Liquid to solid
1 1/2 % agar to make broth