- A
trophozoite (G. trope,
nourishment + zoon, animal) is the activated,
feeding stage in the life
cycle of
certain protozoa such as malaria-causing Plasmodium...
- forms: cyst,
trophozoite (ameboid), and biflagellate.
While it does not form
cysts in
solid human tissue,
where only the
amoeboid trophozoite stage is present...
-
means disintegration and
dissolution of
organic tissues. The
active (
trophozoite)
stage exists only in the host and in
fresh loose ****;
cysts survive...
- and
which can
render it
tolerant to
certain disinfectants.
Giardia trophozoites are anaerobic, and
absorb their nutrients from the
intestinal lumen....
-
These merozoites invade the
erythrocytes (red
blood cells) to form
trophozoites,
schizonts and gametocytes,
during which the
symptoms of
malaria are...
- form and a
trophozoite form. The cyst form is
infectious and once it has
found a host,
transforms into the
trophozoite form. This
trophozoite attaches to...
-
contamination and
humans may
experience diarrhea. The
trophozoites are 9–14
micrometres in diameter.
Trophozoites are one of the two
forms of I. buetschlii. This...
- and with an
abnormally large cell nucleus. On average, a
Balamuthia trophozoite is
about 30 to 120 μm in diameter. The
cysts fall
around this range,...
- the
disease giardiasis.
Their life
cycle alternates between a
swimming trophozoite and an infective,
resistant cyst.
Giardia were
first described by the...
-
reproductive process of apicomplexa.
After infecting a host cell, a
trophozoite (see
glossary below)
increases in size
while repeatedly replicating its...
