1. Lab Specimens
1. Protozoa

2. Amoebae Lab specimens Characteristics Amoeba proteus
Chaos (Pelomyxa carolinense)
Arcella vulgaris
Difflugia sp.
Entamoeba histolytica
Foraminifera
Radiolarians
Actinosphaeria
Classification
Habitat
Feeding mode
Pseudopod type
Test
Present/absent
Composition
Pathogenic?
Host?
Disease?
Signs/symptoms
Trophozoite/cyst/Life cycle

3. Ciliates Characteristics Lab specimens Classification Habitat
Feeding mode
Special structures
Trichocysts
Pellicle
Alveoli
Contractile vacuoles
Cytoproct
Oral apparatus
Ciliature
Arrangement
Cirri?
Myonemes?
Paramecium caudatum
Paramecium bursaria
Euplotes sp.
Didinium nasutum
Balantidium coli
Bursaria truncatella
Spirostomum ambiguum
Vorticella
Stentor coeruleus
Blepharisma undulans
Pathogenic?
Host?
Disease?
Signs/symptoms
Trophozoite/cyst
Life cycle

4. Flagellates Lab specimens Characteristics Euglena gracilis Peranema
Chlamydomonas
Giardia intestinalis
Trichomonas vaginalis
Trypanosoma
Trichonympha
Gymnodium
Ceratium
Volvox globator
Classification
Habitat
Feeding mode
Test
Present/absent
Composition
Flagella
Arrangement
Movements
Metaboly in Euglenids
Pathogenic?
Host?
Disease?
Signs/symptoms
Trophozoite/cyst/Life cycle

5. Sporozoans (Apicomplexans)
Lab specimens
Characteristics
Plasmodium spp.
(Eimeria)
Classification
Habitat
Feeding mode
Pathogenic?
Host?
Disease?
Signs/symptoms
Life cycle