F, lec(cilliates&flagellateGlamblia&BColi) Flashcards
(34 cards)
ciliate
Balantidium coli
flagellates
giardia lamblia
Balantidium coli is the causative agent of
balantidiasis or balantidial dysentery
balantidium coli is known as _____ protozoan parasite
largest
only ciliate to cause human disease
balantidium coli
b coli is associated with
pigs
b coli has two developmental stage which are
trophozoite and cyst
b coli uses this to get food
cytosome
b coli uses this to excrete waste
cytopyge
distinguishing figure of b coli
2 dissimilar nuclei
2 dissimilar nuclei of b coli
macronules and micronules
troph of b coli, its organs
cytosome, cytopyge, 2 dissimilar nuclei
macronueus is what shaped
bean shaped
b coli also containes
mucocysts
extrusive organelle beneath the cell help b coli for adhesion
mucocyst
infective stage of b coli
cyst
incubation period of b coli
4-5 days
transmission of b coli
ingestion
cyst of b coli excyst where
small intestine
b coli multiply via
binary fission
t or f: b coli is usually asymptomatic
true
b coli by pathogenesis is a
tissue invader
b coli troph attack the epithelium causing what
ulcer with rounded base and wide neck
ulcer with rounded base and wide neck is caused by the enzyme
hyaluronidase