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Clostridiaspp. are low G+C gram-positive bacteria that are generally obligate anaerobes and can form endospores. Pathogens in t ...

All Alphaproteobacteria are which of the following? a. oligotrophs b. intracellular c. pathogenic d. all of the above e. none ...

True/False Among prokaryotes, there are some that can live in every environment on earth. Fill in the Blank When prokaryotes ...

Name and briefly describe the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Characterize the phylum Cyanobacteria. Name and describe two ...

Chapter 5 The Eukaryotes of Microbiology Figure 5.1 Malaria is a disease caused by a eukaryotic parasite transmitted to humans b ...

5.1 Unicellular Eukaryotic Parasites Learning Objectives Summarize the general characteristics of unicellular eukaryotic parasi ...

important in producing antimicrobial substances such as penicillin. In this chapter, we will examine characteristics of protists ...

Figure 5.4 In the sexual/asexual life cycle ofEimeria,oocysts (inset) are shed in feces and may cause disease when ingested by a ...

are heterotrophic. Protozoans that areholozoicingest whole food particles through phagocytosis. Forms that are saprozoicingest s ...

Figure 5.6 This tree shows a proposed classification of the domain Eukarya based on evolutionary relationships. Currently, the d ...

Figure 5.7 Chapter 5 | The Eukaryotes of Microbiology 189 ...

Figure 5.8 Which supergroups contain the clinically significant protists? 190 Chapter 5 | The Eukaryotes of Microbiology This Op ...

Amoebozoa The supergroup Amoebozoa includes protozoans that use amoeboid movement. Actin microfilaments produce pseudopodia, int ...

Figure 5.10 The life cycle of the cellular slime moldDictyostelium discoideumprimarily involves individual amoebas but includes ...

Figure 5.11 Plasmodial slime molds exist as large multinucleate amoeboid cells that form reproductive stalks to produce spores t ...

Figure 5.12 (a) Apicomplexans are parasitic protists. They have a characteristic apical complex that enables them to infect host ...

diploid micronucleus. The diploid micronucleus undergoes two mitotic divisions, so each cell has four micronuclei, and two of th ...

Figure 5.15 This differential interference contrast micrograph (magnification: ×65) ofStentor roeselieshows cilia present on the ...

Explore the procedures for detecting the presence of an apicomplexan in a public water supply, atthis (https://openstaxcollege.o ...

Figure 5.17 (a) This illustration of aEuglenashows the characteristic structures, such as the stigma and flagellum. (b) The pell ...