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Microbiology Parasitology Pa 1 (Protozoology) 4a3ae867

All are true about Balantidium coli except:

A
It is a protozoa
B
Cyst is the infective stage
C
Usually invades liver
D
It is the largest protozoan parasite inhabiting large intestine in man
High-Yield Explanation
Balantidium coli Only ciliate protozoa and the largest causing human disease (ciliate dysentery). Infective stage: binucleate cyst; spherical, ellipsoid, 50-75mm, double layered cyst wall. The invasive form is the trophozoite - 80-120mm; two nuclei (macronucleus, micronucleus), peristome, cytostome, cytopharynx, cytopyge.

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