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Heather Benavides
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Protozoans32 cards
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What are the characteristics of Apicomplexa?
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• Parasitic, spore-forming • Lack structures for locomotion; move by flexing • Apical Complex • Microtubules, fibrin, and vacuoles on one end • Produce sporozoites transmitted to the next host |
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What is an example of Apicomplexa?
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Plasodium
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What does Plasodium cause?
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Malaria
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What animal carries Plasodium?
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Anopheles mosquitoes
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What are the symptoms of Plasodium?
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• Fever • shaking • pain • vomiting • anemia |
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Can Plasodium be fatal?
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Yes
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What does Plasodium affect? |
•Liver •red blood cells |
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What are the characteristics of Ciliates?
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•Use of cilia to move and feed (some non-motile) •large macronuclei and small micronuclei •micronuclei functions during conjugation •Reproduce sexually by conjugation |
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What are some examples of Ciliates?
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Paramecium and Tetrahymna
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What is this a picture of?
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Paramecium
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What is Paramecium Conjugation?
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Two new identical cells produced – but new cells are different from original cells
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What is this a picture of?
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Non-motile ciliates-vorticella
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What is this an example of?
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Paramecium Binary Fission
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What are the characteristics of Radiolarians?
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• Glassy internal skeleton • raylike axopods project out |
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When hardened over time what do Radiolarians make?
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sedimentary rocks
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What are the characteristics of Foraminifera (forams)?
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• Chambered, spiral shells • organic matter and calcium carbonate |
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What are the characteristics of Amoebas?
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• Unicellular amoebozoa found in soil, water, and other organisms (as parasites) • Asymmetrical, continually-changing body forms • Asexual, splitting into two equal parts |
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What is an example of Parasitic amoebas?
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Entamoeba histolytica
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What does Entamoeba histolytica cause?
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Amoebic dysentery
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What do amoebas use to move and obtain food by phagocytosis?
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Pseudopodia
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What are Entamoebas?
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Parasites of vertebrates and some invertebrates
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What does Entamoeba histolytica cause?
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Amebic
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How is Entamoeba histolytica transmitted? |
•Food •Water •Diarrhea •Flies |
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What is Naegleria fowleri?
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Brain Eating Amoebas
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Which animal causes humans to develop Trypanosoma brucei?
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Fly
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What are the characteristics of Kinetoplastids?
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• Single mitochondrion • DNA - kinetoplast • Many are parasitic and cause disease |
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What are some examples of Kinetoplastids
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Trypanosoma brucei and Trypanosoma cruzi
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How can you get Giardia intestinalis diarrheal illness?
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Ingestion
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What are the characteristics of Parabasilids?
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•Lack plastids •Modified mitochodria •Hydrogenosomes •Mostly anaerobic •Flagellated •Live in animals |
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What are some examples of Parasilids?
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Trichomonads and Trichonymphs
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Which animal causes humans to develop Trypanosoma cruzi?
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Triatomine Bug
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