parasitology / mycology

Intestinal Protozoa

entameoba histolytica trophozoite

Intestinal Protozoa

entameoba histolytica cyct and 4 nuclei inside it

Cryptosporidium parvum oocyst - ZN stain

what microbe

what stain

Plasmodium falciparum – ring form

Plasmodium falciparum – ring form

Plasmodium falciparum-gametocyte

Plasmodium vivax- schizont

Plasmodium vivax- trophozoite

Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Leishmania donovani

Macrophages filled with Leishmania amastigotes

Toxoplasma gondii

• Anopheles mosquito:

• Definitive host for Plasmodium spp. causing malaria.

• Sand fly (Phlebotomus):

• insect vector for Leishmania spp.

• Tsetse fly (Glossina):

• insect vector for Trypanosomes

Anopheles mosquito

Sandfly

Tsetse fly

Microsporum canis on Sabouraud Dextrose Agar

what microbe

what agar?

Aspergillus niger on Sabouraud Dextrose Agar

what microbe

what agar?

Colonies of C. albicans appear on Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) as cream to white, flat or domed with a dry or waxy surface

what microbe

what agar?

describe?

Candida albicans- budding cells

Germ tubes are short outgrowths, non-septate, slender, tube-like structures. • When cells of Candida are incubated in serum at 37°C for 2-4 hours, Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis produce germ tubes. • Other non-albicans candida species donnot produce it.

what microbe(s)?

describe shape?

time /T incubation?

Cryptococcus neoformans capsule is shown using negative stain ( indian ink stain

microbe?

stain?