PROTOZOANS Flashcards
No cell wall. Outer membrane is called the
PERIPLAST.
Two regions of the cytoplasm
Ectoplasm
Endoplasm
organelles of locomotion are whiplike structures called
flagella
motor component
flagella and axonemes
neuromotor apparatus
kinetoplast body
organelles of locomotion are hyaline-foot like extrusions from
ectoplasm called pseudopodia; phagotrophy (engulfment) and absorbing molecules
(osmotrophy)
Subphylum Sarcodina
organelles of locomotion are hair like projections -cilia
Phylum Ciliophora
polar rings, subpellicular tubules, conoid, rhoptries and micronemes, for penetration
and invasion of target cel
Phylum Apicomplex
All amoeba are commensal (not pathogenic) except
Entamoeba histolytica
All amoeba inhabits the colon except
Entamoeba gingivalis
All amoeba with cystic stage except
Entamoeba gingivalis
Extraintestinal amoebiasis
– liver, lung, spleen, brain
Karyosome ( Entamoeba histolytica )
Bulls’ Eye
Endoplasm ( Entamoeba histolytica)
clean – looking
Entamoeba coli ( Endoplasm
)
dirty – looking
. no. of Nuclei ( Entamoeba coli)
1 – 8
. no. of Nuclei ( Entamoeba histolytica)
1 – 4
Diagnosis Entamoeba histolytica
Saline and methylene blue
Virulence factors Entamoeba histolytica
Suppressor factor, lectin,
Entamoeba histolytica
Pathogenesis:
Renal, Genital
a new specie of
Entamoeba isolated in Japan
Entamoeba marina
- Smallest amoeb
Endolimax nana
With achromatic karyosomal
chromatin
Iodamoeba butschlii
Only has trophozoite and no cyst
- Inhabits the oral cavity
- Associated with gum infections
Entamoeba gingivalis