Protozoan Flashcards
Feeding stage amoeba
Troph
Non feeding stage amoeba
Cyst
Site of amoeba excystation
Lower intestine
Stain for cyst fresh condition
D’ antoni’s iodine stain
True amoeba
Entamoeba
Peripheral chromatin in troph & cyst and chromatoidal in cyst
Entamoeba
True amoeba
Nuclei of E. histolytica cyst
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Finger like and dendritic pseudopodia
E. histolytica
Rounded and blunt pseudopodia
E. coli
Directional motility
E. histolytica
Sluggish motility
E. coli
Central karyosome
Bull’s eye
E. histolytica
Clean looking endoplasm
E. histolytica
Dirty looking endoplasm
E. coli
Coffin shaped chromatoidal bars
Rod, cigar or sausage
E. histolytica
Splinter like or witch broom chromatoidal bars
E. coli
Nuclei of E. coli
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Crossed eye cyst
E. nana
Trophozoite with achromatic granules
Iodamoeba butschlii
WILL IAMSI
Cyst with large glycogen vacuole
Iodamoeba butschlii
Gum lesion ingested wbc
E. gingivalis
Opportunistic amoeba
Free living amoeba
Naegleria
Acanthamoeba
PAM
Naegleria
GAE
Acanthamoeba
Has both amoeba and flagellate form
Naegleria
Limax form troph
Amoeboflagellate
Naegleria
Contaminated contact lens solution
Acanthamoeba