PRESENCE OF APICOMPLEXAN-TYPE MICROPORES IN A PARASITIC DINOFLAGELLATE, HEMATODINIUM SP

Authors
APPLETON PL VICKERMAN K
Citation
Pl. Appleton et K. Vickerman, PRESENCE OF APICOMPLEXAN-TYPE MICROPORES IN A PARASITIC DINOFLAGELLATE, HEMATODINIUM SP, Parasitology research, 82(3), 1996, pp. 279-282
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Parasitology research → ACNP
ISSN journal
09320113
Volume
82
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
279 - 282
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0113(1996)82:3<279:POAMIA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Structures resembling apicomplexan micropores were found by transmissi on electron microscopy in in vitro-cultured and in in vivo forms of th e parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium sp. from crustacean hosts. Upt ake of colloidal gold indicated a cytostomal function for the micropor es.