Sponges Flashcards
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Malaria belongs to domain
EUKARYOTA
The phylum for malaria is
Apicomplexa
Aconoidasida is the _________ for malaria
Class
The order for malaria is
Haemospororida
The family name for malaria is________
Plasmodiidae
The genus name for malaria is
Plasmodium
Species name for malaria is
Falciparum
Features of aveolata include
Presence of alveoli
Presence of plastids
Presence of cellulose cell wall
Presence of two flagella located in the wall grooves used for spinning through water
Dinoflagellate bloom called____________ make coastal water____________ as a result of__________ in the_____________
Red tide
Brownish red or pink
Carotenoids
Plastids
Gymmnodinium is a
Dinoflagellate (true / flase)
True
Gymnodinium produces toxin that causes massive fish kill true or flase
True
Apicomplexas are_________
Uninucleated
Ciliophora posses___________type of nuclei. Which are___________ and ____________
Two
Macronucleus
Micronucleus
Shape of paramicium is maintained by the________
Flexible pellicle
Ciliates are_________
Radially symmetrical
Ciliates possess distinct_______ and primitive __________
Anterior
Posterior
Ciliates have large contractile vacuole. True or Flase
True
Cilia used for_________ and ___________ arise from_____________
Swimming
Feeding
Subsurface basal granules
Cilia are not identical to flagella. True or Flase
Flase
The major difference between cilia and flagella is the __________
Number
Foid is ingested through the___________ and ____________
Cytostome
Cytopharynx
Cytostome is also known as
Cell mouth
Cytopharynx is also known as
Cell mouth
Cytopyge ia also known as
Cell bombom
Food digestion occurs within the___________
Food vacuole
_____________produces water for balance in ciliates
Contractile vacuole
Water is taken in by_________
Osmosis
What is the major distinctive feature of the ciliates?
Presence of two types of nuclei
Micronuclei is used for
Exchange of genetic information during conjugation.
Macronuclei is required for________
Producing RNAs and proteins for daily functions
Asexual reproduction is by ___________ in ciliates.
Binary fission
Sexual reproduction is by _________ in ciliates.
Conjugation
During asexual reproduction by _______________ existing macronucleus ___________ and new one form from ______________
Binary fission
Disintegrate
Micronuclei
During conjugation the ______________ resulting from _______________ function as _________
Haploid micronuclei
Meiotic division
Gametes
Balantidium coli is a common parasite of
Man, lower primates and hogs
Ciliates may be
Predatory, suspension feeders or symbiotic and live within the vertebrate gut
Infections results from
Fecal contamination of food
Pathogenesis is similar to that of
E. histolitica
______________ is a ciliate fish parasite
Lchthyophthirus multifillis
Characteristics of Apicomplexas are
All members are parasitic No visible means of locomotion Mostly intracellular Uninucleated Forms spores at some stage in their life cycle
What is the function of apical complex?
For penetrating the host cell.
__________is used for penetrating the host cell.
Apical complex
__________ is a modified plastid.
Apicoplast
Apicoplast may be
Ringlike tubular or filamentous
Apicomplexa has no cilia or flagella except in
Certain reproductive stages
Egof Apicomplexas are
Babesia, plasmodium, isospora, cyclospora, toxoplasma, cryptosporidium