NEET2006BotanyBiological ClassificationActual
What is common about Trypanosoma. Noctiluca, Monocystis and Giardia?
Options
- Athese are all parasites
- Bthese are all unicellular protists
- Cthey have flagella
- Dthey produce spores
Correct answer
B. these are all unicellular protists
Step-by-step solution
Trypanosoma gambiense is the single celled, parasitic zoofiagellate causing trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness. Giardia is a parasitic flagellate occurring in the intestine of man and other animals and causes giardiasis or diarrhoea (i.e., very loose and frequent stool containing large quantity of fat). Noctiluca is a marine, colourless dinoflagellate. It is a voracious predator and has a long, motile tentacle, near the base of which, its single short flagellum emerges. Monocystis is a microscopic, unicellular en