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Parasitic Excavates Processes Crossword Puzzle for High School is a hard crossword puzzle with 18 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Parasitic Excavates Processes Crossword Puzzle for High School
Challenge your understanding of advanced processes within parasitic excavates in this hard crossword puzzle. Perfect for high school students studying microbiology and parasitology.
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- 1. Flagellated stage in some excavate parasites like Leishmania
- 2. Process hypothesized for origin of mitochondria in excavates
- 3. Asexual reproduction by division into two daughter cells
- 4. Small nucleus involved in genetic exchange and reproduction
- 9. Broad, blunt pseudopods used for movement or feeding
- 11. Division of cytoplasm following nuclear division
- 12. Motility organelle characteristic of many parasitic excavates
- 13. Metabolic pathway for glucose breakdown to generate energy
- 15. Flagella type with different morphology, rare among excavates
- 17. Absorption of dissolved nutrients across the cell membrane
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- 5. Mechanism to evade host immunity by altering surface proteins
- 6. Engulfing solid particles as a feeding or defense mechanism
- 7. Formation of a resistant cyst to survive external conditions
- 8. Cellular uptake of molecules via membrane invagination
- 10. Process of emerging from a cyst form to active trophozoite
- 14. Active, feeding stage of parasitic protozoans
- 16. Temporary projections aiding in locomotion or feeding
- 18. Type of nuclear division resulting in two genetically identical nuclei
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