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what do you call a bacillus that looks slightly round
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coccobacillus
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Are protozoa a valid taxonomic group? Why or why not?
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no, b/c they are not clearly related to each other
-Don't share a common ancestor |
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Traits of protozoa
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1-Unicellular or colonial
2-Eukaryotic 3-Heterotrophic -Energy and carbon from other source |
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Amoeba
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-use actin to push out pseudopodia and liquify cytoplasm
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Paramecium
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structure called pellicle helps organism retain it's shape
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Trypanosoma brucei
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-causes africa sleeping sickness
-carried tsetse fly -extracellular -stays ahead of immune system |
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Plasmodium vivax,
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cause malaria
spread by anopholes mosquito live in red blood cells |
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giardia intestinalis
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parasite of GI tract
waterborn |
