Which one of the polymorphic form of trypanosoma lacks a free flagellum?
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Tryponosoma are flagellate unicellular parasitic organisms. Most of these trypanosomes are heteroxenous in natrure - this means that they require more than one obligatory hosts to complete their life cycle.
Most of these trypanosomes are vector borne parasites - mostly transmitted by blood sucking invertebrates such as mosquitoes, tsetse flies and mites.
Typanosomes belong to the class of kinetoplastida and have six main morphologies that they exist in, namely:
- Amastigote
- Choanomastigote
- Promastigote
- Opisthomastigote
- Epimastigote
- Trypomastigote
⇒Of all these six morphological forms of trypanosome in their life stages, only the amastigote has no free flagellum.
Most of these trypanosomes are vector borne parasites - mostly transmitted by blood sucking invertebrates such as mosquitoes, tsetse flies and mites.
Typanosomes belong to the class of kinetoplastida and have six main morphologies that they exist in, namely:
- Amastigote
- Choanomastigote
- Promastigote
- Opisthomastigote
- Epimastigote
- Trypomastigote
⇒Of all these six morphological forms of trypanosome in their life stages, only the amastigote has no free flagellum.
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