Que enfermedad causa la Euglena?

¿Qué enfermedad causa la Euglena?

Destacan los trypanosomas, que causan la enfermedad del sueño y la enfermedad de Chagas.

¿Qué es Euglena en el diccionario?

La euglena es un organismo microscópico, unicelular, protista, mixotrófico (puede alimentarse de materia orgánica o ser fotosintético), de forma algo alargada, abundante en agua dulce estancada o en agua salobre.

¿Qué significa que las algas no tienen tejidos?

A pesar de esta variedad, en ningún caso tienen verdaderos tejidos, es decir, carecen de verdadera raíz, tallo u hojas, ya que al estar rodeadas de agua no necesitan sistemas conductores de nutrientes.

What does Euglena look like?

When viewed under the light microscope, Euglena appear as elongated unicellular organisms that are rapidly moving across the field surface. Although one flagellum is often seen, they have two flagella, one of which is often hidden in a part of the Euglena referred to as reservoir.

What are the characteristics of Euglena?

Euglena has an elongated cell measuring 15-500 micrometres

Mostly green in colour due to the presence of chlorophyll pigment

Some of the species of euglena contain carotenoid pigments,which give it distinct colour like red

Euglena is unicellular having one nucleus

Euglena lacks the cellulose cell wall present in a plant cell

What does an Euglena eat?

Possession of an eyes.…

Possession of Pellicle.

Possession of a gullet and a food reservoir.

Possession of Flagellum for movement.

Possession of Myonemes for movement.

Contraction of contractive vacuole for osmoregulation.

In the absence of light,Nutrition is holozoic.

What is the function of the Euglena?

What is the function of euglena? When acting as a autotroph, the Euglena utilizes its chloroplasts (which gives it the green colour) to produce sugars by photosynthesis, when acting as a heterotroph, the Euglena surrounds the particle of food and consumes it by phagocytosis, or in other words, engulfing the food through its cell membrane.