Multiple choice

Which of the following protozoans lives in the guts of termites and help them to digest cellulose?

  1. Trypanosoma

  2. Trichonympha

  3. Amoeba proteus

  4. Plasmodium vivax

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Trichonympha is a genus of parabasalid protists that live in the intestines of many, if not most, termite species. They are symbiotes, in that they break down the cellulose in the wood and plant fibers their hosts eat.