Effects of three benzimidazoles on growth, general morphology and ultrastructure of Tritrichomonas foetus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 275, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 292-300

  Carvalho, Karina Penedo ^a,b   Gadelha, Ana Paula Rocha ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benzimidazoles; Parasitic protozoan; Transmission electron microscopy; Tritrichomonas foetus; Video microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL DIVISION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL VACUOLE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DRUG INHIBITION; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; MEBENDAZOLE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; THIABENDAZOLE; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

BOS; BOVINAE; PROTOZOA; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 34548769278     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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