BIOSCI 221 - Protists

Intro to Microbiology - Protists and their supergroup, movement, disease, and free-living or parasitic?

All protists are

eukaryotic and unicellular

Amoebe proteus

S.G. Amoebozoa, pseudopods, free living

Cryptosporidium

S.G. Chromalveolata, diarrheal disease, parasitic

Entamoeba histolytica

S.G. Amoebozoa, pseudopods, diarrheal disease, parasitic

Giardia lamblia (intestinalis)

S.G. excavata, flagella, diarrheal disease, parasitic

Paramecium caudatum

S.G.chromalveolata, cilia, free living

Plasmodium vivax

S.G. Chromalveolata, malaria, parasitic

Trichomonas vaginalis

S.G. excavata, flagella, STI, parasitic

Trypanosoma gambiense

S.G. excavata, flagella, African Sleeping Sickness, parasitic