Flagellata

Flagellata

Kinetoplastida (group of flagellata characteristed by the presence of an organelle with a large massed DNA called kinetoplast): T. brucei/ T. cruzi), leishmania donovani

  • Amastigote: nucleus & kinetoplast (i.e. protist cell without flagella)

  • Promastigote: nucleus & kinetoplast & flagellum

  • Epimastigote: nucleus & kinetoplast & flagellum & undulating membrane

  • Trypomastigote: nucleus & kinetoplast & flagellum & undulating membrane

Difference is in the size of the kinetoplast