What does flagellate mean?

What does flagellate mean?

1 : whip, scourge. 2 : to drive or punish as if by whipping..

What do flagellates do?

Flagellates are single-celled protists with one or more flagella, whip-like organelles often used for propulsion. The flagella is used for movement through the liquid. Some flagellates live as colonial entities, while others function as a single cell.

What are three diseases caused by protists?

3.6 Malaria and other protist diseases

• dysentery (bloody diarrhoea) caused by waterborne protists similar to the amoebae [amm-ee-bee] commonly found in freshwater ponds.
• sleeping sickness, caused by protists transmitted via the bite of tsetse flies.

How do protists damage the host?

Parasitic organisms live in or on a host organism and harm the organism. A small number of protists are serious pathogenic parasites that must infect other organisms to survive and propagate. Other protist pathogens prey on plants, effecting massive destruction of food crops.

How are protists treated?

Amoxicillin, penicillin, and erythromycin are common antibiotics that inhibit bacterial cell functions. Antibiotics are derived primarily from bacteria or fungi (mold), such as Penicillium. Antibiotics don’t work exclusively against bacteria: some ‘broad-spectrum’ ones are also effective against protists.

Are fungi beneficial?

Fungi are important decomposers in most ecosystems. Mycorrhizal fungi are essential for the growth of most plants. Fungi, as food, play a role in human nutrition in the form of mushrooms, and also as agents of fermentation in the production of bread, cheeses, alcoholic beverages, and numerous other food preparations.

Is fungi beneficial or harmful?

Fungi are very important ecologically, because they are one of the most important decomposers in most ecosystems. They help to break down plant fibers such as dead leaves and wood and allow the nutrients to be released into the soil. Fungi are useful to humans because they have economic value.