Question

Some American soldiers serving in Iraq have become infected with a skin disease caused by a protist called Leishmania, which is transmitted by sand flies. The Leishmania organism bears flagella with a unique crystalline rod structure. One of its life stages is squiggly and worm-like in appearance, much like its relative in the same group, Trypanosoma. Leishmania belongs to the group __________. 1. Stramenopiles 2. excavata 3. Unikonts 4. SAR

Answer 1

Answer: Excavata

Step-by-step explanation:

Excavata is a major super group of the unicellular organism which belongs to domain eukaryota.

Most of the organism in this group are non-photosynthetic. They have flagellar structure.

They also includes some parasite that live in the body of human beings including Trichomonas and Giardia.

The leishmania is a disease which is caused by protists called Lesishmania which belongs to the same group Excavata.