Crithidia fasciculata — Crithidia Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota (unranked): Excavata Phylum: Euglenozoa … Wikipedia
amastigote — SYN: Leishman Donovan body. [G. a priv. + mastix, whip] * * * amas·ti·gote (ə masґtĭ gōt) [a 1 + Gr. mastix whip] a morphologic stage in the life cycle of some kinetoplastid protozoa; the oval or round cell has a nucleus,… … Medical dictionary
choanoflagellate — SYN: choanomastigote … Medical dictionary
Crithidia — A genus of asexual, monogenetic, insect parasitizing flagellates in the family Trypanosomatidae. [Mod. L., fr. G. krithidion, dim. of krithe, barley] * * * cri·thid·ia krə thid ē ə n 1) cap a genus of flagellates of the family Trypanosomatidae… … Medical dictionary
crithidia — Former term for epimastigote. [Mod. L. fr. G. krithidion, dim. of krithe, barley] * * * cri·thid·ia krə thid ē ə n 1) cap a genus of flagellates of the family Trypanosomatidae that are exclusively parasites of invertebrates esp. in the digestive… … Medical dictionary
epimastigote — Term replacing “crithidial stage,” to avoid confusion with the insect parasitizing flagellates of the genus Crithidia. In the e. stage the flagellum arises from the kinetoplast alongside the nucleus and emerges from the anterior end of the… … Medical dictionary
flagellate — 1. Possessing one or more flagella. 2. Common name for a member of the class Mastigophora. collared f. SYN: choanomastigote. * * * fla·gel·late flaj ə lət, .lāt; flə jel ət adj 1 a) or flag·el·lat·ed … Medical dictionary
opisthomastigote — Term now used instead of herpetomonad for the stage of development of certain insect and plant parasitizing flagellates to avoid confusion between the stage and the genus Herpetomonas. In this stage the flagellum arises from the kinetoplast… … Medical dictionary
promastigote — Term now generally used instead of “leptomonad” or “leptomonad stage,” to avoid confusion with the flagellate genus Leptomonas. It denotes the flagellate stage of a trypanosomatid protozoan in which the flagellum arises from a kinetoplast in … Medical dictionary
Trypanosomatidae — A protozoan family of hemoflagellates (order Kinetoplastida, class Zoomastigophorea, subphylum Mastigophora); asexual blood and/or tissue parasites of leeches, insects, and vertebrates and sap inhabitants of plants, characterized by a rounded or… … Medical dictionary
