Lab Specimens 1. Protozoa
Amoebae Lab specimens Characteristics Amoeba proteus Chaos (Pelomyxa carolinense) Arcella vulgaris Difflugia sp. Entamoeba histolytica Foraminifera Radiolarians Actinosphaeria Classification Habitat Feeding mode Pseudopod type Test Present/absent Composition Pathogenic? Host? Disease? Signs/symptoms Trophozoite/cyst/Life cycle
Ciliates Characteristics Lab specimens Classification Habitat Feeding mode Special structures Trichocysts Pellicle Alveoli Contractile vacuoles Cytoproct Oral apparatus Ciliature Arrangement Cirri? Myonemes? Paramecium caudatum Paramecium bursaria Euplotes sp. Didinium nasutum Balantidium coli Bursaria truncatella Spirostomum ambiguum Vorticella Stentor coeruleus Blepharisma undulans Pathogenic? Host? Disease? Signs/symptoms Trophozoite/cyst Life cycle
Flagellates Lab specimens Characteristics Euglena gracilis Peranema Chlamydomonas Giardia intestinalis Trichomonas vaginalis Trypanosoma Trichonympha Gymnodium Ceratium Volvox globator Classification Habitat Feeding mode Test Present/absent Composition Flagella Arrangement Movements Metaboly in Euglenids Pathogenic? Host? Disease? Signs/symptoms Trophozoite/cyst/Life cycle
Sporozoans (Apicomplexans) Lab specimens Characteristics Plasmodium spp. (Eimeria) Classification Habitat Feeding mode Pathogenic? Host? Disease? Signs/symptoms Life cycle