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Intriguing Parasites of Excavates Realm
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  • 1. Organelle producing energy anaerobically in some parasitic flagellates
  • 2. Flagellated developmental stage found in certain trypanosomes
  • 3. Hair-like structures on flagella enhancing parasite movement
  • 5. Cellular structure aiding parasite motility in some excavates
  • 9. Non-motile intracellular form of some excavate parasites
  • 14. Type of pseudopod characteristic of some excavate parasites
  • 15. Structure involved in mitochondrial genome arrangement in kinetoplastids
  • 17. Trophozoite causing intestinal diarrhea worldwide
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  • 4. Group encompassing flagellates and amoeboid excavates
  • 6. Group of flagellates including several parasitic species
  • 7. Blood parasite causing sleeping sickness in Africa
  • 8. Brain-infecting amoeba known as the 'brain-eating' organism
  • 10. Less-known kinetoplastid parasite with complex life cycle
  • 11. Unique mitochondrial DNA structure in parasitic excavates
  • 12. Protozoan genus transmitted by sandflies causing skin lesions
  • 13. Common protozoan infecting human urogenital tract
  • 16. Organism that lives on or in a host causing harm
  • 18. Supergroup containing many flagellated parasites
  • 19. Free-living kinetoplastid, ancestral to parasitic forms

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