The Eukaryotes of Microbiology (Microbiology)

Recall cards on the eukaryotic microbes. Unicellular eukaryotic parasites: protozoan structure (trophozoite, cyst, ectoplasm and endoplasm, cytostome, cytoproct, contractile vacuoles, pseudopodia), reproduction (schizogony, merozoites, syngamy), the six eukaryotic supergroups, and named parasites from Entamoeba, Acanthamoeba, and Naegleria to Plasmodium, Toxoplasma, Giardia, Trichomonas, Trypanosoma, and Leishmania, plus ciliates and oomycetes. Parasitic helminths: roundworms of Nematoda (Ascaris, Enterobius, Toxocara, hookworms, Trichinella, heartworm) and flatworms of Platyhelminthes, both the trematode flukes (Schistosoma) and the cestode tapeworms (Taenia, Diphyllobothrium, Echinococcus), plus the Guinea worm. Fungi: chitin cell walls, ergosterols, hyphae and mycelia, yeasts, dimorphism, sexual reproduction (plasmogamy and karyogamy), the spore-defined phyla, and mycoses from dermatophytes and Candida to Coccidioides, Cryptococcus, and Amanita. Algae: autotrophic protists, oxygen production, dinoflagellates, diatoms, and the brown, green, and red seaweeds. And lichens: the fungus-photobiont symbiosis, the thallus, the three growth forms, and their role as air-quality indicators.