Hemoflagellate-a) Requires intermediate hostb) Grows in living tissuec) Does not grow in culture mediad) Has undulating membrane
Correct Answer: abd
Description: Haemoflagellates
Live in blood and tissue of human, some other vertebrates and in the gut of insect vectors.
Two hosts are necessary for the completion of their life cycle :
Definitive
Intermediate
Haemoflogellates occur in various morphological forms :
Amastigote
Promastigote
Epimastiogte
Trypomastigote
These morphological forms are differentiated on the basis of
Size and shape of the cell
Position of the blepharoplast in relation with nucleus.
Presence of an external flagellum
Presence of an undulating membrane
Hemophlagellates are
Leishmania sp.
Trypanosoma sp.
Category:
Microbiology
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