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Cryptic Realms of Parasitic Excavates
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Excavate lineage with paired nuclei, notorious for anaerobic parasitism
- 2. Term capturing ecological factors boosting parasite pathogenicity in hosts
- 3. Genus causing African sleeping sickness, sly parasite of the bloodstream
- 4. Unique mitochondrial DNA structure in kinetoplastids, genomic labyrinth within
- 5. Root term tracing origin of this supergroup, denoting 'excavated' groove
- 9. Fictional cryptic term blending mitotic and cellular structures (wordplay on parasite cell division)
- 11. Protozoan genus transmitted by sandflies, leaves cutaneous scars behind
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- 6. Organelle substituting mitochondria in anaerobic excavates, producing hydrogen
- 7. Group including Trichomonas, featuring specialized Golgi-associated parabasal bodies
- 8. Genus of flagellates causing urogenital infections, often overlooked in diagnosis
- 10. Describes variable surface proteins that mislead immune detection
- 12. Flagellate infection often linked to contaminated water, causing intestinal turmoil
- 13. Non-flagellated stage in trypanosomatids, adapted to intracellular refuge
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