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TABLE 8. 3. VITAMIN REQUIREMENTS OF VARIOUS PROTOZOA 



Species 



Vitamins 



PHYTOMASTIGOPHOREA 



Chilomonas Paramecium 

 Euglena gracilis 

 E. piscijorrnis 

 Haematococcus pluvialis 

 Poly torn a caudatum 

 P. obtusum 

 P. oc ell a turn 

 P. uvella 

 Polytomella caeca 



ZOOMASTIGOPHOREA 



Eutrichomastix colubrorum 



Leishmania agamae 



L. ceramodactyli 



L. donovani 



L. tropica 



Leptomonas ctenocephali 



L. pyrrhocoris 



Strigomonas culicidarum 



S. fasciculata 



S. muscidarum 



S. oncopelti 



Trichomonas columbae 



T. foetus 



T. gallinarum 



T. vaginalis 



Trypanosoma cruzi 



T. lewisi 



T. rabinnwitchi 



SARCODINA 



Acanthamoeba castellanii 



SPOROZOA 



Plasmodium gallinaceum 

 P. knowlesi 

 P. lophurae 



CILIATEA 



Colpidium campylum 

 Colpoda duodenaria 

 Pleurotricha lanceolata 

 Stylonychia pustulata 

 Tetrahymena pyrijormis 



A, B (353); none (73) 



B (353); N (230) 



A, B (107) 



C, K (420); none (340) 



A (352, 353) 



none (355) 



A (353) 



none (355) 



A, B (351) 



K, L, Q (49) 



M, Q (366) 



M, Q (366) 



K, M, Q (366) 



K, M, Q (366) 



M (366) 



M (366) 



C, M (366); G, D, E, M (566) 



C, M (366) 



M (366) 



C (366) 



K (50), L (47) 



K, L, Q (48) 



K, Q (52) 



F (303), L (537) 



K, M, Q (366) 



M (432) 



M (410) 



A, B (345) 



c, g, j (535) 

 d,j, p(ll) 

 f, h (556) 



Q (437) 



C, E, G (545); D, F, Q (139) 



D, E, Q (317) 

 D, E, Q (317) 



C (120, 122, 179, 183, 357); 



D (179, 289, 290); E, F, G (121, 289, 290); 



I (122, 275); J (284); O (121, 540) 



KEY: A, thiazole component of thiamine; B, pyrimidine component of thiamine; 

 C, thiamine; D, riboflavin; E, pyridoxine; F, pantothenic acid; G, nicotinic acid or 

 nicotinamide; H, biotin; I, pteroylglutamic acid; J, nucleic acid components (purines, 

 pyrimidines) ; K, ascorbic acid; L, sterols; M, hematin; N, cyano-cobalamin (vitamin 

 B12); O, protogen; P, /)-aminobenzoic acid; Q, unidentified growth-factors. Small letters 

 indicate probable requirements. 



