In this article we will discuss about the morphology and life-history of plasmodium vivax. Morphology of Plasmodium Vivax: Plasmodium vivax causes benign tertian malaria, so called, because the paioxysm of fever occurs every other day and the disease is rarely fatal. Plasmodium is an endoparasite which lives within the red blood corpuscles of man to whom it is transmitted by [...]
The following points highlight the top nine examples of protozoa. The examples are: 1. Giardia 2. Trypanosoma 3. Trichonympha 4. Leishmania 5. Entamoeba 6. Plasmodium 7. Toxoplasma 8. Paramecium 9. Tetrahymena. Protozoa: Example # 1. Giardia: The genus belongs to the Phylum Sarcomastigophora, Sub-phylum Mastigophora and class Zoomastigophora. In the classification based on r-RNA homology, the genus is placed in [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Introduction to Protozoa 2. Cellular Characteristics of Protozoa 3. Classification 4. Reproduction. Introduction to Protozoa: Protozoa represent the most primitive group of animal organisms. They are unicellular eukaryotic cell wall-less motile organisms and form a very large highly diverse group originating from several phylogenetic lines. There are about 20,000 living species and [...]