Toxic Protists Flashcards
mitochondria in diplomonads
mitosomes
mitochrondria in parabasalids
hydrogenosomes
reduced mitochrondria that lack functional electron transport chains and hence cannot use oxygen to help extract energy from carbohydrates and other organic molecules
mitosomes
reduced mitochrondria that generate some energy anaerobically, releasing hydrogen gas as a by-product
hydrogenosomes
Excavate with two nuclei
diplomonads
Giardia group
diplomonad
Trichomonas vaginalis group
parabasalid
have a rod with either a spiral or a crystalline structure inside each of their flagella
euglenozoa
two best-studied groups of euglenozoans
kinetoplastids and the euglenids
contains Trypanosomes
kinetoplastids
cause Chagas disease
Trypanosomes
single, large mitochondrion that contains an organized mass of DNA
kinetoplastids
pocket at one end of the cell from which one or two flagella emerge
euglenids
“hairy” flagellum is paired with a shorter “smooth” (nonhairy) flagellum
straemopila
gel-forming substance in cell walls of brown algae
algin
brown algae used in Japanese soups
Laminaria
membrane-enclosed sacs just under the plasma membrane
alveolates
flagella in dinoflagellates
2
tiny infectious cells in apicomplexans
sporozoites
Main genuses of mosquitos
Aedes, Anopheles, Culex
house mosquito species
Culex pipiens
mosquito genus that transmits malaria
Anopheles
one end of the cell contains a complex of organelles
Apicomplexans
retained modified plastid in apicomplexans
apicoplast
genus of malaria apicomplexan
plasmodium
plasmodium cells released from liver
merozoites
merozoites use this to pierce red blood cells
apical complex
released from blood cells burst after merozoite infection
gametocyte
common name for rhizaria
amoebas
pseudopodia are threadlike
rhizaria
rhizarians with silica skeleton
radiolarians
rhizarians with calcium carbonate skeleton
forams
rhizarians with external skeletons
forams
rhizarians with internal skeletons
radiolarians
Ex. Globigerina
forams
Ex. Chlorarachniophytes
Cercozoans
red pigment in red algae
phycoerythrin
crispy sheets or as a wrap for sushi
red algae - Porphyra
algae without flagellated gametes
red algae
expanded plant kingdom; includes green algae and plants
Viridiplantae
5 groups with a dominant haploid phase
Chlorophytes, fungi, apicomplexans, slime molds, bryophytes
mating types of chlorophytes
+ and -
immature chlorophytes
zoospores
slime mold clade
mycetozoans
single mass of cytoplasm that is undivided by plasma membranes and that contains many nuclei of slime molds
plasmodium
slime molds that form a plasmodium
plasmodial slime molds
slime molds that don’t form a plasmodium
cellular slime molds
amebic dysentery caused by what group
entamoebas
second leading cause of death due to eukaryotic parasites
schistostomiasis
third leading cause of death due to eukaryotic parasites
amebic dysentery
dinoflagellate parasite that attaches to its victims and eats their skin
Pfiesteria shumwayae
cause of sudden oak death
Phytophthora ramorum
species cause of Potato late blight
P. infestans
P. infestan’s group
Straemopiles