Light and transmission electron microscopic studies on trophozoites and cyst-like stages of Histomonas meleagridis from cultures

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 683-689

  Munsch, Mareike ^a   Lotfi, Abdulrahman ^b   Hafez, Hafez Mohammed ^b   Al Quraishy, Saleh ^c   Mehlhorn, H ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; STARCH;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHICKEN; CLOACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOPLASM; FLAGELLUM; FOOD; GOLGI COMPLEX; GRANULE CELL; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RIBOSOME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOZOITE; ANIMAL; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOLOGY; FLAGELLATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CLOACA; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGANELLES; TRICHOMONADIDA; TROPHOZOITES;

EID: 63849329950     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1246-3     Document Type: Article

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