Light and transmission electron microscopic studies on the encystation of Histomonas meleagridis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 977-983

  Zaragatzki, Emma ^a   Hess, Michael ^b   Grabensteiner, Elvira ^b   Abdel Ghaffar, Fathy ^c   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^d   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Biochemistry Department   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCOGEN; HYPOCHLORITE; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STARCH; INORGANIC SALT;

ACIDITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL PH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYST (RESTING STAGE); FETAL CALF SERUM; FLAGELLATE; FLAGELLUM; GALLIFORMES; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INTESTINE PARASITE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROMANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SERUM OSMOLARITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; COLD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; OSMOLARITY; PARABASALIA; PARASITOLOGY; PH; PROTOZOAN SPORE; RICE; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; GRANULA; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); ZOOMASTIGOPHOREA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COLD TEMPERATURE; CULTURE MEDIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORYZA SATIVA; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PARABASALIDEA; SALTS; SPORES, PROTOZOAN; STARCH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952523064     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1777-2     Document Type: Article

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