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THE PROTOZOA
UNICELLULAR - EUCARYOTIC
MICROORGANISMS
FOUND IN THE KINGDOM PROTISTA
NO COMMON BASIC STRUCTURE,
SIZE OR SHAPE
SIZE VARIES GREATLY - 2 TO 5,000
MICROMETERS
DISTRIBUTION
FREE LIVING FORMS
PARASITIC FORMS (MANY ANIMALS CARRY
PROTOZOANS AS NORMAL FLORA)
FACTORS AFFECTING DISTRIBUTION OF FREE
LIVING FORMS
NaCl CONCENTRATION
pH
TEMPERATURE
OXYGEN REQUIREMENTS
NUTRITION
FLAGELLATES, CILIATES,
SPOROZOA
ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA
Causes: Amoebic Dysentery
ACANTHAMOEBA Sp.
Causes: 1. Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis
2. Keratitis
2. FLAGELLATES - FLAGELLA (MOST
HUMAN PATHOGENS IN THIS
GROUP)
MOST PRIMITIVE OF THE PROTOZOANS
CHARACTERISTICS OF FLAGELLA
EUGLENA SP.
PATHOGENIC FLAGELLATES
GIARDIA LAMBLIA
TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS
TRYPANOSOMA SP.
3. CILIATES
MOST ADVANCED OF THE PROTOZOA
ORAL GROOVE
CONTRACTILE VACUOLE
NUCLEAR DIMORPHISM
REPRODUCTION
SEXUALLY BY CONJUGATION
MEROZOITE
GAMETOCYTE
PRIMAQUINE
MEFLOQUINE - LARIUM