Protozoans Flashcards
How is E histolyica causesd?
By drinking unclean drinking water
Sarcodians
Soft bodies protis
Ex entameba histolyica move by cytoplasmic streaming
Ex foraminiferans
What is dysentery?
Is an infection of the digestive tract by the ameba
What effects does dysentery have?
Uncontrollable diarrhea and death by dehydration.
Foraminiferans
Chalky shells and when they die bodies build up on ocean floor is composed of billions of dead foraminiferans
Ex dover England(white cliffs to dover)
Zooflagellates
Move via flagella
Ex. Trypanosoma
Zooflagellates cause what disease?
The african sleeping sickness when it effects humans person suffering feels extreme fatigue and can die from infection
Ciliaphorans?
Move via tiny hairs called cilia
The giant ciliaphoran paramecium glides around on cilia while scooping bacteria cells in it oral feeding groove
Sprozoans
Lack structure movement and are parasites. “Plasmodium” is the parasite transmitted by mosquitoes causing malaria
Local sporozoan ?
Giardia can be picked up by drinking infected water from ponds or lakes
What does giardia cause?
Disease beaver fever effects: explosive diarrhea and vomiting common in tree planters