OBSERVING MICROORGANISMS

AMOEBA PROTEUS

• eukaryote or prokaryote?
• considered a protozoan
• is a good aquatic indicator
• uses cytoplasmic streaming to move
• uses pseudopodia/engulfment to take in nutrients

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Paramecium

• eukaryote
• protozoan
• "slipper shaped"
• uses cilia to move
• takes in nutrients using its oral groove
• is a good aquatic indicator
• scavenges organic materials

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GIARDIA LAMBLIA

• eukaryote
• protozoan
• causes Giardiasis
• cyst stage is resistant to heat and acid

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Trypanosoma gambiense

• eukaryote
• protozoan
• causes African Sleeping Sickness
• vector is the Tsetse fly

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Bacterial shapes

• cocci - diplo, tetrad, staphylo, strepto
• bacilli - stacked, chained, irregular
• coccobacillus
• vibrio
• spirillum
• spirochete

DIPLOCOCCI

TETRAD COCCI

STAPHYLOCOCCI

STREPTOCOCCI

STACKED BACILLI

CHAINED BACILLI

IRREGULAR BACILLI

COCCOBACILLI

VIBRIO

SPIRILLUM

SPIROCHETE