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  SPOROZOA - LoveToKnow Article on SPOROZOA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
They are of extremely widespread occurrence; there is hardly one of the chief classes of animals which does not furnish hosts for these parasites, scarcely one of the common tissues or organs of the Metazoan body which may not be liable to infection.
Correlated with the mode of life are the two features characteristic of all Sporozoa: (a) They absorb only fluid nutriment, osmotically, and so lack any organs for ingesting and digesting solid food; and (b) they reproduce by sporulation, i.e.
In other words, under the heading Sporozoa, as at present used, are included two entirely independent series of Protozoan parasites; the general resemblances which these exhibit are due to convergence brought about by their specialized mode of life.
16.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SP/SPOROZOA.htm   (1039 words)

  
 Nearctica - Natural History - Protista - General Introduction
The Sporozoa were comprised of a number of parasitic protozoans and were generally characterized by a lack of characters.
This is a group of unplaced "protozoa" like organisms and includes parts of what were considered to belong to the Sarcodina, Sporozoa, and Flagellata in the traditional classification.
The Foraminifera, Dinoflagellates, ciliates, and Apicomplexa (Sporozoa) are currently considered to represent a single major branch of the eucaryote tree.
www.nearctica.com /nathist/protista/prointro.htm   (1166 words)

  
 SPOROZOA - Online Information article about SPOROZOA
Some, however,give rise to dangerous or fatal diseases, while others may cause ravaging epidemics; instances of these are given under the various orders.
MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat.
principal divisions of the Sporozoa by different writers has varied according to the particular character on which they have primarily based the arrangement.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /SOU_STE/SPOROZOA.html   (933 words)

  
 ECSTASY - LoveToKnow Article on ECSTASY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
It is well illustrated in the celebrated examples of the dancing epidemics of Germany and Italy in the middle ages, and the Convulsionnaires of St Medard at the grave of the Abb Paris in the early part of the 18th century, and in more recent times has been witnessed during periods of religious revivalism.
ECTOSPORA, a homogeneous and natural division of Protozoan parasites included under the Sporozoa; they comprise the three orders, Gregarines, Coccidia and Haemosporidia.
The defining characterof the Ectospora is that the spore-mother-cells (sporoblasts) are formed at the periphery of the parent-individual (sporont); we may, however, go further, and say that the formation of all the different reproductive elements is uniformly peripheral or exogenous.
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 Sporozoa Mouth Pore Results | Sporozoa Mouth Pore Web-Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Considered to be part of a single phylum, the sporozoa.
However, as their the Greek: second the mouth) are a major groups of in water through poresA pore, in general, is some form Non-motile forms in the group Sporozoa.
proteins and subsequently forms a pore in the plasma membrane for drugs against alveolate Sporozoa such as malaria parasites NM genome and nuclear-pore complexes, but retained its Trichonympha.
www.help-with-acne.com /sporozoa-mouth-pore/sporozoa-mouth-pore.html   (729 words)

  
 Introduction to the Apicomplexa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
In traditional protist taxonomy, most parasitic protists were placed in the class Sporozoa.
This group has since been found to include protists from a number of unrelated lineages, and has been dropped from current usage.
However, many of the protists in the old Sporozoa share certain structural features, in particular an apical complex of microtubules within the cell.
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu /protista/apicomplexa.html   (441 words)

  
 WormLearn Protozoa
The Sporozoa (more correctly known as the Apicomplexans) are a diverse range of parasites found in all parts of the body and in a wide variety of animal hosts.
They do not have a set body plan like the other parasitic protozoans we have dealt with, although they are characterised by having complex life-cycles with an alternation of sexual and asexual generations.
Most women now have a specialised blood test known as the TORCH assay (TOxoplasma, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus, Herpes) when they find out they are pregnant.
home.austarnet.com.au /wormman/wlprot.htm   (2477 words)

  
 Sporozoa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
These parasites form spores that are resistant to drugs and chemicals during this stage.
One such Sporozoa and appropriate for this months news letter is Plistophora hyphessobryconis.
The parasite takes up residence in the muscles of the fish.
www.aqualink.com /fresh/z-sporozoa.html   (104 words)

  
 Sporozoa Informationen bei Lexlkon.de   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Sporozoen (Sporozoa, nach neuerer Systematik auch Apicomplexa) sind einzellige, zu den Eukaryoten gehörige Parasiten, die infektiöse Sporocysten oder Oocysten produzieren und einen charakteristischen Generationswechsel durchlaufen, bei dem sich geschlechtliche und ungeschlechtlich vermehrende Zellen abwechseln.
Sporentierchen, Sporozoa : Die Gregarinida der land- und süsswasserbewohnenden Arthropoden Mitteleuropas
Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise.
www.lexlkon.de /Sporozoa.html   (293 words)

  
 Phylum Sporozoa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Animal Phyla and Included Classes > Sub-Kingdom: Protozoa > Phylum Sporozoa
There are several species of Plasmodium, all causing malaria in birds or mammals.
Draw a trophozoite (ring stage) and several later schizogony stages.
www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Sciences/Zoology/AnimalPhyla/SubKingdomProtozoa/PhylumSporozoa/PhylumSporozoa.htm   (156 words)

  
 Sporozoa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
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 Merriam-Webster Online
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