MICROBIOLOGY LAB QUIZE 1 PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE BY BESTNURSESOLUTION SOLUTION1

MICROBIOLOGY LAB
QUIZE 1 PALM BEACH
STATE COLLEGE WITH
CORRECT AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS YEAR 2024/2025

, PROTOZOA: - CORRECT ANSWERS-Unicellular eukaryotes usually with
some form of motility
• Inhabit water and soil
• Feeding and growing form is a trophozoite
• Some produce a cyst to survive adverse conditions


Entamoeba histolytica - CORRECT ANSWERS--is the causative agent
of amebiasis (amebic dysentery).
-motility: pseudopods.
-Infection is acquired by ingesting food or drink containing cysts
released from an asymptomatic carrier. -Symptoms include
dysentery and sometimes hepatitis if the amoeba invades the liver.


Balantidium coli - CORRECT ANSWERS--Causative agent of
balantidiasis.
-Motility: cilia.
-Infection is acquired by ingesting food or drink containing cysts. -
Symptoms include dysentery, abdominal pain, and nausea.


Giardia lamblia - CORRECT ANSWERS--Causative agent of giardiasis.
-Infection is acquired by ingesting food or drink contaminated with
cysts.
-Motility: flagella.
-Symptoms include diarrhea, malaise, weight loss, flatulence,
cramps.