ULTRASTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS ON MYXIDIUM-SEROTINUM (PROTOZOA, MYXOSPOREA) FROM BUFO-SPECIOSUS (ANURA, BUFONIDAE), IN TEXAS

Authors
MCALLISTER CT TRAUTH SE DELVINQUIER BLJ
Citation
Ct. Mcallister et al., ULTRASTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS ON MYXIDIUM-SEROTINUM (PROTOZOA, MYXOSPOREA) FROM BUFO-SPECIOSUS (ANURA, BUFONIDAE), IN TEXAS, Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 62(2), 1995, pp. 229-232
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
1049233X
Volume
62
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
229 - 232
Database
ISI
SICI code
1049-233X(1995)62:2<229:UOOM(M>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
An ultrastructural study employing scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was conducted on the myxosporean, Myxidium serotinum Kudo and Sprague, 1940. Trophozoites of M. serotinum were recovered from the gall bladd er of 1 of 3 Texas toads, Bufo speciosus Girard, 1854, from Llano Coun ty, Texas. SEM observations on the spore of M. serotinum are reported for the first time. Comparisons are made with other Myxidium spp. from Old and New World amphibians.