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Protozoa Flashcards

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1
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Unicellular eukaryotic organisms

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PROTOZOA

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What does protozoa mean?

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“first animal”

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It is used as non-toxic insecticide to kill grasshoppers

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Nosema locustae

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4
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under study to reduce egg reproduction by fire ants

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Apicomplexan

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feeding and growing stage of a protozoa

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Trophozoite

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haploid sex cells for sexual reproduction of protozoa

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Gametes

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Stage of protozoa that permits the organism to survive when food, moisture, or oxygen are lacking, when temperatures are not suitable, or when toxic chemicals are present.

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Cyst

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reproductive structure for the asexual reproduction of protozoa

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Oocyst

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Asexual reproduction of protozoa that results in 2 daughter cells

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Binary fission

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Asexual reproduction of protozoa that results in multiple cells from multiple fission

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Schizogony

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Asexual reproduction of protozoa by internal budding that results in 2 cells

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Endodyogeny

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Sexual reproduction of protozoa that allow exchange of nuclear materials of 2 protozoa

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Conjugation

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a eukaryotic cell formed by a fertilization event between two gametes (Gametogony)

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zygote

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Protozoa reproduce asexually by?

FBS

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fission, budding, or schizogony

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Protozoa that exist in the body and cause harm to infected human

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Pathogenic protozoa

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Protozoa that exist in the body and does not cause harm to infected human

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Commensal protozoa

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Weak protozoa that cause minimal effect to infected healthy man, but has severe effect on immunocompromised people.

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Opportunistic protozoa

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Free-living protozoa in nature, away from man, but may cause disease if they enter the human body by certain routes.

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Potentially pathogenic free-living protozoa

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Pathogenic protozoa

a. Cryptosporidum parvum
b. E. histolytica, Giardia lamblia, B. coli
c. E. coli, E. dispar, E hartmanni

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b. E. histolytica, Giardia lamblia, B. coli

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Opportunistic protozoa

a. Cryptosporidum parvum
b. E. histolytica, Giardia lamblia, B. coli
c. E. coli, E. dispar, E hartmanni

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a. Cryptosporidum parvum

21
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Commensal protozoa

a. Cryptosporidum parvum
b. E. histolytica, Giardia lamblia, B. coli
c. E. coli, E. dispar, E hartmann

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c. E. coli, E. dispar, E hartmanni

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