flagellate protozoan

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flagellate protozoan - a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals

flagellate, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore

protozoan, protozoon - any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic

class Flagellata, class Mastigophora, Flagellata, Mastigophora - protozoa having flagella

dinoflagellate - chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella; a chief constituent of plankton

genus Leishmania, Leishmania - flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis

zooflagellate, zoomastigote - flagellate protozoan lacking photosynthesis and other plant-like characteristics

hypermastigote - flagellate symbiotic in the intestines of e.g. termites

polymastigote - flagellates with several flagella

costia, Costia necatrix - a flagellate that is the cause of the frequently fatal fish disease costiasis

giardia - a suspected cause of diarrhea in humans

trichomonad - cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds

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Trypanosoma flagellate protozoan parasites induce anemia, fever, depression, dullness, weakness, nervous symptoms and are responsible for major economic losses in terms of poor production (milk, meat, fertility, draught power and manure) and sometimes abortion or death in case of no treatment.

Clinico-Hematological and Biochemical Studies on Naturally Infected Camels with Trypanosomiasis

(1) TV is a flagellate protozoan considered to be sexually transmittable and sometimes related to low socioeconomic levels.

Trichomonas vaginalis infection among young pregnant women in brazil

While many protozoa are free-living, the flagellate protozoan symbionts of lower termites are only found in the digestive tract of their host.

Food digestion by subterranean termites from the southeastern United States (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

The flagellate protozoan Giardia intestinalis (previously known as G lamblia), its causative agent, is the most commonly identified intestinal parasite in the United States and the most common protozoal intestinal parasite isolated worldwide1-4.

FREQUENCY OF GIARDIASIS IN DYSPEPTIC PATIENTS

In this way, the present study verified the existence of longitudinal patterns in species composition, richness, density and biomass of flagellate protozoan from tropical streams and investigated whether the possible zonation patterns are different between summer and winter.

Longitudinal variation of attributes from flagellate protozoan community in tropical streams/ Variacao longitudinal dos atributos da comunidade de protozoarios flagelados de riachos tropicais

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