3.

Classification ,
morphology , life cycle of
Protozoa

Classification of Protozoa

Entamoeba histolytica

Balantidium coli

 Balantidium coliTrophozoite:
The red arrows indicate the cilia
and the green arrow is pointing
at the macronucleus.

Giardia lambia

Diagram of trophozoite
and cyst

trophozoite

(red arrows).

Tricomonas vaginalis

Leishmania donovani

Drawing of an amastigote.

Toxoplasm gondii

A sporulated oocyst (red arrow).

It takes 2 to 3 days for the oocyst
(10 m) to sporulate.

A sporulated oocyst (red arrow)

and an unsporulated oocyst
(blue arrow) seen at high power
(40 X).

Plasmodium falciparum