Week Six: Protista Flashcards
What are protozoans?
Unicellular, microscopic, most are free living
What are the four phyla under Protista?
Flagellated protozoans
Ameboid protozoans
Apicomplexans
Ciliated protozoans
What are the two kingdoms protozoa fall under?
Animalia and protista
What are the most important phylums in veterinary parasitology?
Sarcomastugophora (flagellates and amoebae)
Ciliophora (ciliates)
Apicomplexa (coccidia, malarial organisms, piroplasms)
Flagellates only move in..
Liquid/fluids
Mastigophora Flagellates:
Kingdom, phylum, subphylum
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Sarcomastigophora
Subphylum: Mastigophora
What do flagellates look like?
Pear/bullet shaped
What are some examples of flagellates?
Leishmania Trypanosoma Trichomonas Histomonas Giardia spp.
Sarcodina Amoebae
Kingdom, phylum, superclass
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Sarcomastigophora
Superclass: sarcodina
How do amoebae move?
By their pseudopodia
What are the two forms of amoebae?
Trophozoite (mobile)
Cyst (resistant, survives in adverse conditions in the external environment)
What do amoebae look like?
Blob like, amorphous
What is entamoeba coli?
Non pathogenic amoeba found in humans and pigs
What is the most important parasitic amoeba of humans?
Entamoeba histolytica
Ciliophora ciliates
Kingdom, phylum, morphology, how do they move
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: ciliphora
Have two types of nuclei (macro and micro)
Movement through cilia