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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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Mehlhorn, H. Blastocystis hominis, Brumpt 1912: Are there different stages or species?. Parasitol Res 74, 393–395 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00539464

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