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What makes noctiluca glow in dark?
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Key Terms
Term
Definition
What makes noctiluca glow in dark?
Luciferin protein
Which organism is called the fire algae or night light?
Noctiluca
Which toxin is released by gonyalaux in its surrounding environment that kills fishes?
Saxtoxin
From where do the flagella of euglena arise?
Cell gullet
Reserve food material in euglena is?
Paramylum starch (apha 1,3 glucan)
What pigments are found in euglena?
Chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, beta carotene and xanthophyll
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
What makes noctiluca glow in dark? | Luciferin protein |
Which organism is called the fire algae or night light? | Noctiluca |
Which toxin is released by gonyalaux in its surrounding environment that kills fishes? | Saxtoxin |
From where do the flagella of euglena arise? | Cell gullet |
Reserve food material in euglena is? | Paramylum starch (apha 1,3 glucan) |
What pigments are found in euglena? | Chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, beta carotene and xanthophyll |
Which flagella of euglena helps in locomotion? | Longer flagella |
What is the mode of reproduction in euglena? | Asexual reproduction- longitudinal binary fission |
Which slime moulds are called acellular slime moulds? | Myxogastria |
What are swarm cells? | Gametes of myxogastria |
Who gave the term protista? | Goldfuss |
What is the excretory product of protozoans? | Ammonia |
What happens to the contractile vacuole of a freshwater protozoan if it is transferred from freshwater to marine water? | Contractile vacuole disappears |
What happens if a marine protozoan is transferred to freshwater? | New contractile vacuole is formed |
What happens when parasytic protozoan is transferred to freshwater? | It dies. (No new contractile vacuole is formed) |
What are the locomotory appendages in class mastigophora? | Flagella |
What is the mode of reproduction in flagellated protozoans? | Asexual reproduction (longitudinal binary fission) |
Which protist is considered as the connecting link between unicellular and multicellular organisms? | Proterospongia |
Which protozoan is a symbiont of termite's gut? | Trichonympha |
What acts as a vector for leishmania? | Sandfly (phlebotomus) |
What is the infective stage of leishmania? | Promastigote/leptomonad |
What causes kala azar (dum dum fever)? | Leishmania donovani |
What causes cutaneous leishmaniasis/delhi boils? | Leishmania tropica |
What causes espundia disease (naso oral leishmaniasis)? | Leishmania brasiliensis |
What is the infective stage of trypanosoma? | Metacyclic stage |