Protist and Amoeba examples

Question 1

suctorial ciliate example

Answer 1

prodiscophya

Question 2

Mixotrophic ciliate example

Answer 2

strombidium

euplotes

Question 3

Protists in lorica examples

Answer 3

Vaginicola

Stichotricha

‘Lorica’ like a little house used as a anti-predator device.

Question 4

choanoflagellate example

Answer 4

Monosiga

Question 5

silica lorica made by a marine choanoflagellate

Answer 5

diaphanoeca

Question 6

solitary cells examples

Answer 6

chlamydomonas, mallomonas

Question 7

colonies (not multicellular)

Answer 7

synura - major source of fish deaths.

volvox

Question 8

mixotrophic flagellate examples

Answer 8

solitary cells example : Ochromonas
-few plastids
-prefers to feed on prey

colonies example: Dinobryon
-plastids dominate cell
-prefers to photosynthesise

Question 9

Amoeba in human gut

Answer 9

Entamoeba coli

Question 10

ciliate infecting gut

Answer 10

balantidium coli

reservoir- water and animals

Question 11

Amoebae causes keratitis

Answer 11

genus: Acanthamoeba

Can get in contact lenses so need H2O2 in contact lens cleaner.

Reservoir - water

Question 12

Amoeba causes brain infection

Answer 12

Nargleria fowleri

swims up nose

symptoms same as bacterial infection so antibiotics used against bacterial infection, ineffective to the amoeba. Main cause of death mis diagnosis.

reservoir - Warm water

Question 13

Flagellate causing STD (Trichomiasis)

Answer 13

Trichomonas vaginalis

ony anaerobic flagellate

reservoir - humans

Question 14

Blood/tissue infections caused by protists (flagellate)

Answer 14

Leishmaniasis

aerobic, no cysts

transmission via sand fly

reservoir- dogs