Protozoa Kingdom

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Protozoa Kingdom
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• Eukaryote
• complex unicellular organisms
• generally mobile
• pseudopods, cilia or flagella

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Most Common Protozoa Phyla
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• Sarcodines - Amoeba
• Cilliates - Paramecium
• Flagellates - Euglena
• Sporozoa - Plasmodium vivax

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Protozoa Diseases

• Sporozoa - Plasmodium vivax causes Malaria
• the vector is the FEMALE Anopheles Mosquito

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• the plasmodium invades and destroys red blood
  cells
• African Sleeping Sickness caused by the
  flagellate Trypanosoma

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Plasmodium Malariae or Vivax
Plasmodia in mosquito bloodstream
Infected female Anopheles Mosquito bites an
uninfected person
Plasmodia enters mosquito salivary glands
Plasmodia travels to liver and reproduces in red
blood cells
Uninfected female Anopheles Mosquito bites an
infected person
Lysis !
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Harmful Protozoa

• Plasmodium pathogen of Malaria

• Killer Algae

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Some Protozoa Benefits

• Food chain, decomposers
• Diatoms used in car waxes and toothpaste
• Unicellular Algae used in ice cream, cosmetics,
  food additives

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Review

• Cilia
• Flagella
• Pseudopods
• Sarcodines
• Cilliates
• Flagellates
• Sporozoa
• Plasmodium
• Anopheles
• Trypansoma
• Diatoms
• Unicellular Algae
• Eukaryote
• Classified by

• Amoeba
• Cosmetics ice cream
• Euglena
• Extensions of cytoplasm
• Glass like shells, toothpaste
• How they move
• Many short bristles
• Mosquito vector of Malaria
• One or two long whip like tails
• Paramecium
• Pathogen of Malaria
• Plasmodium vivax
• Protozoan cell type
• Sleeping Sickness

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Protozoa
Calcium and Silica
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Hard cyst
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Fresh water
Power an recovery stroke of cilia
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Diarrhea, nausea and fatigue
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Microscopic organisms that float near surface,
YES
Baleen whale
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Begin Protozoa Lab

• Go Back To Biology Class Web Site
• Obtain Worksheet From Instructor