Parasitologia hungarica

Author(s): Matskási, I. & Hajdú, É.
Title: Electron microscopic studies on in vitro stages of Trypanoplasma borelli Kaveran et Mesnil, 1901
Title: In vitro tenyésztett Trypanoplasma borelli Kaveran et Mesnil, 1901 elektronmikroszkópos vizsgálata
Year: 1990
Volume: 23
Pages: 5-12.

Abstract: Ultrastructural investigations were carried out on an in vitro cultured Trypanoplasma borelli strain isolated from the leech Piscicola geometra. Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) and transmission electron microscopic (TEM) observations revealed the features of cultured forms. Three characteristic forms of flagellates appear during serial passage. The basic structure of slender forms does not differ characteristically from that of bloodstream forms. The mitochondrial part of the kinetoplast-mitochondrion complex forms a concentric tube or an ampulla-like structure supported by cristae. The fuzzy coat of pellicle present. Dividing stages occur frequently in culture. Replication normally begins with the multiplications of the flagellar complex followed by the nucleus and completed by kinetoplast complex. The most frequent type of division binary longitudinal fission is.
Keywords: ultrastructure, Trypanoplasma borelli, in vitro culture, cell organelles, multiplication process

Journal: Parasitologia Hungarica
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ISSN: 0303-688X
Publisher: Ameko Kft, Budapest
Editor(s): K. Murai, É., Thoma, A., Bajomi, D. & Lotterhof, E.