Phylum Genus/species Layman

Term Structures Diseases Symptoms Particulars

Sarcomastigophora
Amoeba spp Amoebas None
Subphylum: Sarcodina
Nucleus, pseudopods

Sarcomastigophora
Entamoeba histolytica Amoebas Amoebiasis
Subphylum: Sarcodina
Dysentery (diarrhea), abcesses in organs (liver, lungs, brain, Red blood cells in amoeba; Bull's eye
Nucleus, food vacuoles, cyst, trophozoite eyes), weight loss, fatigue, abdominal pain karyosome

Sarcomastigophora
Naegleria fowleri Amoebas Primary Amoebic Meningitis
Subphylum: Sarcodina
Stiff neck, fever, confusion, loss of balance, seizures, and
hallucinations

Sarcomastigophora
Giardia lamblia Flagellates Giardosis
Subphylum: Mastigophora
Intestinal parasite; trophozoite looks like a
Nuclei, flagella, cyst, trophozoite Abdominal pain, diarrhea, gas, headache, fever, vomiting happy face.

Sarcomastigophora
Trichomonas vaginalis Flagellates Trichomoniasis
Subphylum: Mastigophora
Usually asymptomatic in men, or mild itching; In women,
vagina is extremely pruritic, with vaginal odor and
Nucleus, Flagella, trophozoite (no cyst) discharge. Urogenital parasite; STD

Sarcomastigophora African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping

Trypanosoma brucei Flagellates Blood parasite; vector is tsetse fly;
Subphylum: Mastigophora sickness)
After bite of tsetse fly, get a chancre (ulcer), then enters Winterbottom's Sign (swollen cervical lymph
Flagella, undulating membrane, nucleus, lymph nodes in head an neck. Shuffling gait, slurred speech, nodes in head and neck). Treatment drug
kinetoplast (circular DNA) (like stroke symptoms), and malaise (sleeping all day). breaks down regular plastic tubing.

Sarcomastigophora American Trypanosomiasis

Trypanosoma cruzi Flagellates
Subphylum: Mastigophora (Chaga's Disease) Fever, anorexia, swollen lymph nodes,
Flagella, undulating membrane, nucleus, hepatosplenomegaly, myocarditis (deadly), megacolon, Blood parasite; vector is the Kissing Bug.
kinetoplast (circular DNA) megaesophagus Fecal to blood route.

Ciliata Paramecium spp Ciliates None

Oral groove, macronucleus, food vacuole,

cilia

Ciliata Balantidium coli Ciliates Balantidiosis

Intestinal parasite; the only ciliated
protozoan that causes disease in humans;
Cytostome, contratile vacuoles, cilia Ulcers in colon; diarrhea and gas get it from pigs.

Apicomplexia Plasmodium spp Sporozoa Malaria Blood and liver parasite; mostly in Africa;
vector is mosquito; after a bite, sporozoites
Erythrocyte, leukocyte, parasite, Hepatic Fever, chills, sweating, headaches, muscle pains. Severe (Sporozoite stage) go to liver (hepatic stage;
stage (merozoites) and Blood stage (ring complications (cerebral malaria, anemai, kidney failure) can merozoites), ruptures liver cells and enter
stage trophozoites) result in death. blood (blood stage; ring stage tryphozoites)

Apicomplexia Toxoplasma gondii Sporozoa Toxoplasmosis

Mild flu-like symptoms in adults (fever, myalgia, sore Cats eat wild bird with the organism,
throat, headache, enlarged lymph nodes) In fetus causes pregnant woman cleans litter box, inhales
mental retardation, blindness, epilepsy, stillbirths the organism.
Diarrhea in normal person. In immunocompromised,
Apicomplexia Cryptosporidium Sporozoa Cryptosporidiosis
diarrhea is extreme and symptoms may be fatal. Water contaminant