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Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, often termed " Ich ", [1][2] is a parasitic ciliate described by the French parasitologist Fouquet [who?] in 1876. Only one species is found in the genus which also gave name to the family. The name literally translates as "the fish louse with many children". The parasite can infect most freshwater fish species and ...
Cymothoa exigua is a parasitic crustacean which enters a fish through its gills and destroys the fish's tongue. [ 7 ] Velvet disease. Oodinium, a genus of parasitic dinoflagellates, causes velvet disease in fish [ 8 ] Adult Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens) with velvet disease.
Protozoan infections are responsible for diseases that affect many different types of organisms, including plants, animals, and some marine life. Many of the most prevalent and deadly human diseases are caused by a protozoan infection, including African sleeping sickness, amoebic dysentery, and malaria. The species originally termed "protozoa ...
Green algae (Chlamydomonas) A flagellate is a cell or organism with one or more whip -like appendages called flagella. The word flagellate also describes a particular construction (or level of organization) characteristic of many prokaryotes and eukaryotes and their means of motion.
Enteric redmouth disease is a bacterial infection of freshwater and marine fish caused by the pathogen Yersinia ruckeri. It is primarily found in rainbow trout and other cultured salmonids. The disease is characterized by subcutaneous hemorrhaging of the mouth, fins, and eyes. It is most commonly seen in fish farms with poor water quality.
Ehrenberg, 1831. Trichodina is a genus of ciliate alveolates that is ectocommensal or parasitic on aquatic animals, particularly fish. [1] They are characterised by the presence of a ring of interlocking cytoskeletal denticles, which provide support for the cell and allow for adhesion to surfaces including fish tissue. [2]
Contents. Cystoisospora belli. Cystoisospora belli, previously known as Isospora belli, is a parasite that causes an intestinal disease known as cystoisosporiasis. [ 1 ] This protozoan parasite is opportunistic in immune suppressed human hosts. [ 2 ] It primarily exists in the epithelial cells of the small intestine, and develops in the cell ...
A parasite is an organism that live on or within another organism called the host. These include organisms such as: [4] Plasmodium spp., the protozoan parasite which causes malaria. The six species infective to humans are P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. vivax, P. ovale wallikeri, P. ovale curtisi, and P. knowlesi.