Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 20
Ciliophora (Ciliates)
“There should be some things we don't name, just so we can sit around all day and
wonder what they are.”
George Carlin
Eukaryota
Bikonta (2-flagella)
Excavata
Metamonada (Chapter 16)
Discoba
Euglenozoa (Chapter 17)
Percolozoa (Chapter 18)
Archaeplastida (Chapter 24)
Chromalveolata (Chapters 19
21)
Alveolata
Apicomplexa (Chapter 19)
Ciliophora (ciliates) (Chapter 20)
Litostomatea
Vestibuliferida
Balantiididae
*Balantidium
Heterokontophyta (Chapter 21)
Unikonta (1-flagellum)
Amoebozoa (Chapter 22)
Opisthokonta
Choanozoa (Chapter 23)
Animalia (Chapters 25
32)
Fungi (Chapters 33
37)
Ciliophora and Apicomplexa (Chapter 19) are the two subclasses of Class
Alveolata that contain human pathogens. Members of Class Alveolata are single-
celled organisms with distinctive sacs underlying the plasma membrane (alveoli).
The mitochondria of alveolates have tubular cristae (internal partitions).
