1 Protista Part II BIO 2215 Oklahoma City Community College Dennis Anderson
Dec 17, 2015
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ProtistaPart II
BIO 2215
Oklahoma City Community College
Dennis Anderson
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• Leishmania• Leishmaniasis• 12 million people
Phylum Euglenozoa
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Sand Fly
• Vector for leishmaniasis
• Genus Phlebotomus
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Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
• Parasites form skin ulcers.
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As many as 200 lesions may form causing disability and social stigma
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Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis
• Central & South America
• Destroys mucous membranes of nose & mouth
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Visceral Leishmaniasis Kala Azar
• Primarily occurs in Africa and Asia.
• Characterized by irregular fever, weight loss, swelling of spleen & liver, & anemia.
• Fatality can be 90% if untreated.
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Phylum ApicomplexaClass Coccidea
• Apical complex– Helps in penetrating
host’s cells
• Endoparasites• Movement
– Male gamete• Male gametocyte
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Plasmodium
• Malaria• Most important parasitic
disease of humans today• WHO estimates that 270
million new cases occur annually with 2 million annual deaths
• Transmitted by bite of infected mosquitoes of genus Anopheles
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Mosquito feeds on blood of infected host & ingests
gametocytes
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Gametes unite in mosquito stomach to form oocysts in wall
of stomach
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Oocysts
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Sporozoites produced in oocysts by sporogony move to salivary glands of mosquito &
are injected into next host
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Sporozoites invade liver cells and undergo schizogony to
produce merozoites
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Merozoites invade circulating RBCs
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Each merozoite produces as many as 36 new merozoites through schizogony in RBCs
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Merozoites rupture RBCs to invade other RBCs
Simultaneous lysing of RBCs causes the sudden chills & fever typical of malaria
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Gametocytes are produced in blood & ingested by mosquito to
complete the cycle
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Sporozoites from mosquito bite
Schizogony to make merozoites
Ingest gametocytes
Sporozoites to liver
Merozoites enter RBCs
Schizogony to make merozoites
Fertilization in stomach
Oocyst forms
Sporozoites by sporogony
Sporozoites invade salivary gland
Man Mosquito
Merozoites become gametocytesMerozoites become gametocytes Bites man
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Toxoplasma• Toxoplasmosis• Parasite
– Cats, man, other mammals & birds
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• Fetus– Birth defects– Mental retardation
• Aids Patients– Fatal infection
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Toxomplasma
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Eimeria
• Coccidiosis– Birds and mammals
• Bloody diarrhea
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Coccidiosis
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Coccidiosis
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Phylum Cilophora
• Cilia for movement
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Trichocysts
• Released as a defense
• Long threadlike• Release triggered by
mechanical or chemical stimulation
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Phylum Cilophora
• Paramecium• Movie
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Phylum CilophoraVorticella
• Spiral stock attaches to substrate– Contract and extend
• Cilia used to sweep food into mouth (see arrow)
• Movie
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Phylum CilophoraStentor
• Solitary• Use cilia to sweep
food into mouth• Movie
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Phylum Cilophora Didinium
• Bands of cilia• Eats Paramecium
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Phylum Cilophora Spirostoman
• Up to 3 mm long
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Phylum Dinoflagellata
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Phylum Dinoflagellata
• Two flagella– Transverse– Longitudinal
• Some photosynthetic• Some heterotrophic• Some have cell wall
made of plates• Red tide
– neurotoxin
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Zooxanthellae
• Photosynthetic dinoflagellates (brown)
• Live in corals• Provide nutrients for
coral by photosynthesis
• Mutualism
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Amebas
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Amoeba proteus
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Entomoeba histolytica
• Amoebic dysentery• Transmitted by food &
water contaminated with cysts
• Bloody diarrhea
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Difflugia
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Variations in Pseudopodia
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Radiolarians
• Abundant in the ocean– Ocean floors covered– Forms sedimentary
rock
• Siliceous test (shell)– Skeleton made of
silica– Numerous geometric
designs
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Radiolarian Tests
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Foraminifera
• Secrete a test (shell) of calcium carbonate
• Grow new chambers as organism increases in size– Foramen (opening)
between chambers
• Shells constitute vast deposits on ocean floors
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Foraminifera Tests
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White Cliffs of Dover, England
• Foramifera deposits uplifted from ocean floor
• Chalk
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Pyramids of Egypt
• Made of limestone from foraminera
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Plankton
• Small organisms that drift in the ocean and freshwater
• Pastures of the seas
• Many different protozoans
• Zooplankton
• Phytoplankton
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Which Animal Has A Higher Surface Area to Volume Ratio?
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Which Organism Has A Higher Surface Area to Volume Ratio?
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Smaller Organisms Have A Higher Surface Area To Volume Ratio
• Advantage of more surface area/volume– Easier to get food – Easier to get oxygen
• Disadvantage of more surface area/volume– Loose heat faster– Warm blooded animals
have to consume more calories
– Hummingbird eats 2/3 body weight each day
• Need transport systems for food and oxygen
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Symbosis
• Living together• Parasitism• Commensalism• Mutualism
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Parasitism
• Parasite benefits• Host harmed
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Mutualism
• Both organisms benefit from living together
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Commensalism
• Bird nest and tree• Bird benefits • Tree not affected
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The End