BIOLOGY 242 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Entamoeba, Trichomonas, Toxoplasma Gondii

• School: Bloomsburg University
• Department: Biological Allied Health Sci
• Course: BIOLOGY 242
• Professor: Kipe- Nolt

Document Summary

Can divide by binary fission ad some have sexual reproduction: amoebozoa-sarcodines. Ability to form fingerlike projections, known as pseudopodia that serve in both locomotion and food gathering. Most form cysts to withstand adverse conditions. Nonmotile organisms involving asexual and sexual reproduction occurring in different host species. Transmitted by arthropods, inhalation, oral-fecal route, and placentally. Largest group of protozoa have cilia all over their surface. Allow or rapid movement and sometimes assists in food gathering. Complicated life cycles and involve several hosts. The beef and pork tapeworms are apart of taenia genus and infect humans: nematodes-roundworms. Round elongated worms with individuals of separate sexes.