Blastocystis hominis, Brumpt 1912: Are there different stages or species?
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Abbreviations
- AL
Amorphous outer layer (by fecal contamination?)
- CA
Capsule
- CY
Cytoplasm
- DV
Double-walled vacuole (mitochondrion?)
- ES
Empty space
- FU
Fuzzy regular outer layer of the capsule
- IN
Invagination surface depression
- LA
Lacunes, endoplasmic reticulum-like structures
- LM
Limiting membrane of the cytoplasm
- N
Nucleus
- NU
Nucleolar granules
- T
Tangentially sectioned capsule
- V
Vacuole
- VL
Vacuole-like structure
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