Biochemistry and Physiology of Protozoa

Contributors

Foreword

Introduction to Biochemistry of Protozoa

I. Protozoa

II. Biochemistry of Protozoa

III. Nutrition of Protozoa

IV. Obligate Phototrophic Flagellates and Specialized Energy Sources

V. Biochemical Evolution of Protozoa

References

The Phytoflagellates

I. Introduction

II. Evolutionary Aspects of Photosynthesis

III. Descriptive Chemistry and Phylogenetic Relationships

IV. The Metabolic Pool and "Acetate Flagellates

V. Streptomycin-Induced Apochlorosis

VI. Growth in Darkness

VII. The Nitrogen Requirement and Nitrate as H-Acceptor

VIII. Growth Factors and Chemical Asepsis

IX. Inorganic Nutrition

X. Sexuality in Chlamydomonas

XI. Summary

References

The Nutrition of Parasitic Flagellates (Trypanosomidae, Trichomonadinae)

I. Introduction

II. Trypanosomidae

III. The Nutrition of the Trichomonads

References

Metabolism of Trypanosomidae and Bodonidae

I. Introduction

II. Trypanosomidae

III. Bodonidae

References

Nutrition of Parasitic Amebae

I. Introduction

II. Nutrition of the Dysentery Ameba, Entamoeba histolytica

References

Biochemistry of Plasmodium and the Influence of Antimalarials

I. Introduction

II. Chemical and Metabolic Constituents of Parasitized Erythrocytes and of Plasma

III. Metabolism of Malarial Parasites

IV. Cultivation of Malarial Parasites

V. In Vivo Nutritional Aspects

VI. Natural Control of Malarial Infections

VII. Antimalarial Compounds and Their Influences on the Metabolism of Malarial Parasites

VIII. Discussion—Unsolved Biochemical Problems

References

The Biochemistry of Ciliates in Pure Culture

I. Introduction

II. Inorganic Requirements

III. Carbon Metabolism and Respiration

IV. Nitrogen Metabolism

V. Growth Factors

VI. General Conditions of Growth

VII. Applications

References

Author Index

Subject Index