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Protozoa Flashcards

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Ciliates

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Move by rapid beating of cilia that cover their cell membrane

Potential pathogenic species:
•Balantidium coli

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Ameoba

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Simple ameboid forms

Move by bulging and retracting their cytoplasm

Pathogenic species:
• entamoeba histolytica

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Flagellates

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Posses one or more flagella for motility

Potential pathogens:
• Giardia lamblia
• Trichomonas vaginalis
• Trypanosoma

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Apicomplexa

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No structures for locomotion

Pathogenic species:
• Taxoplasma gondii
• Plasmodium
- Malaria parasite

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Coccidia

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A subphylum of Apicomplexa

All star of parasite development are intracellular

Cryptosporidium

Cyclosora

Isosporo

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Microspora

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Obligate intracellular spore producing Protozoa

More than 1,200 species

Human Pathogens:
• Enterocytozoon
• Encephalitozoon
• Nosema 
• Pleistophora
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