List of seven parasitic forms of flagellates:- 1. Giardia Lamblia 2. Trichomonas Hominis 3. Trichomonas Vaginalis 4. Haemoflagellates 5. Trypanosoma Cruzi 6. Trypanosoma Gambiense 7. Leishmanias. Parasitic Form # 1. Giardia Lamblia: It is also known as Giardia intestinalis and it lives as parasite in the intestine of man and causes a disease called giardiasis. The distribution is cosmopolitan. Trophozoites [...]
Learn about the comparison among Amoeba, Euglena and Paramoecium. Comparison # Amoeba: 1. Amoeba lives in freshwater ponds and streams. 2. Morphology of Amoeba: (a) Shape: Irregular (b) Size: About 0.25 mm in diameter (c) Limiting membrane: Plasmalemma—thin and elastic. (d) Cytoplasmic differentiation: Ectoplasm clear and non-granular compared to endoplasm. (e) Cytoplasmic inclusions and organelle: Grains of sand and granules [...]
Learn about the comparison between Trypanosoma Brucei and Trypanosoma Cruzi. Comparison # Trypanosoma Brucei: 1. Trypanosoma Brucei is a causative agent of African sleeping sickness. 2. Trypanosoma Brucei is found in Tropical Western Africa. 3. Definitive host of Trypanosoma Brucei is man and other vertebrates. In them it is essentially a parasite of connective tissue, i.e., blood and lymph where [...]