Postcystic development of Blastocystis hominis

Citation
V. Zaman et al., Postcystic development of Blastocystis hominis, PARASIT RES, 85(6), 1999, pp. 437-440
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH
ISSN journal
09320113 → ACNP
Volume
85
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
437 - 440
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0113(199906)85:6<437:PDOBH>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A concentrated suspension of Blastocystis hominis cysts was inoculated into Jones' medium and removed after 24 h for study of their development at the ultrastructural level. The parasite divides in the cyst, and up to three d aughter cells can be seen. During this process the cyst wall dissolves, lea ving behind thin membranous remnants. Excystation occurs mostly by the emer gence of the daughter cells through an aperture in the outer fibrillar coat . Before excystation the vacuolar and the granular stages form and the daug hter cells develop their own fibrillar layer.