Giardia

E727694

genus parasitic protozoan

Giardia is a genus of microscopic parasitic protozoa that infect the intestines of humans and other animals, commonly causing the diarrheal disease giardiasis.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Giardia lamblia	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	genus ⓘ parasitic protozoan ⓘ
associatedSymptom	abdominal cramps GENERATED ⓘ diarrhea GENERATED ⓘ malabsorption GENERATED ⓘ weight loss GENERATED ⓘ
attachesTo	intestinal epithelium ⓘ
causesDisease	giardiasis ⓘ
class	Trepostomatia ⓘ
cystInfectiveDoseLow	true ⓘ
cystsAreEnvironmentallyResistant	true ⓘ
discoveredBy	Antonie van Leeuwenhoek NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveryYearApproximate	1681 ⓘ
domain	Eukarya ⓘ surface form: Eukaryota
family	Giardiidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
formsCysts	true ⓘ
hasAdhesiveDisc	true ⓘ
hasFlagella	true ⓘ
hasMitochondria	false ⓘ
hasMitosomes	true ⓘ
hasNucleiPerTrophozoite	2 ⓘ
infectsOrgan	small intestine ⓘ
isAnaerobic	true ⓘ
isEukaryote	true ⓘ
isMicroscopic	true ⓘ
isParasitic	true ⓘ
isUnicellular	true ⓘ
isZoonotic	true ⓘ
kingdom	Protista NERFINISHED ⓘ
lifeCycleStage	cyst ⓘ trophozoite ⓘ
namedAfter	Alfred Mathieu Giard NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSpecies	Giardia duodenalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Giardia intestinalis NERFINISHED ⓘ Giardia lamblia NERFINISHED ⓘ Giardia muris NERFINISHED ⓘ
order	Giardiales NERFINISHED ⓘ
parasitizes	birds ⓘ humans ⓘ mammals ⓘ
phylum	Metamonada NERFINISHED ⓘ
reproductionMode	binary fission ⓘ
reproductionType	asexual ⓘ
taxonRank	genus ⓘ
transmissionRoute	fecal-oral ⓘ foodborne ⓘ person-to-person ⓘ waterborne ⓘ
trophozoiteShape	pear-shaped ⓘ
trophozoiteSymmetry	bilateral ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Excavata → includesTaxon → Giardia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Giardia lamblia