PROTOZOANS Phylum Sarcomastogophora Sub-phylum Sarcodina Mastigophora Class Superclass Rhizopoda Class Zoomastigophora Protozoa Apicomplexa cilliophora Class sporozea Class cilliatea Rhizopoda-Amoeba Zoomastigophora-Flagella Cilliatea-Cillia Sporozoan-only class of protozoans that doesn’t have specific locomotory organelles, all are pathogenic Superclass Rhizopoda Class lobosea Order Amoebida Order Schizopyrenida • E.h Naegleria • E.c • E.g • E.nana • I.butschlii • Acanthamoeba Pathogenic • • • Class Cilliatea Order trichosmatomatida Balantidum coli Entamoeba histolytica Acanthamoeba Naegleria Class Zoomastigophora Order Trichomonadida • • • Trichomonas tenax Trichomonas hominis Trichomonas vaginalis Order Retormonadida • Chilomastix mesnili “lemon cyst” Order Diplomonadida • Giardia lamblia Order kinetoplastida Genus Leishmania • Leishmania tropica • Leishmania donovani • Leishmania braziliense Genus Trypanosoma • Trypanosoma cruzi • Trypanosoma gambiense • Trypanosoma rhodisiense Class Sporozea Sub-order Eimeriina • • • • • • • • • • • Plasmodium vivax Plasmodium malariae Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium ovale Plasmodium knowlesi Unicellular microscopic parasites There are 45,000 species of protozoa. (Small number are parasites of man) Can be pathogenic or commensal Can be intestinal or extra intestinal Life cycle is simple or complex Binary fission Conditions required for endemic para ...
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