Abstract
In the course of our studies on the fine structure ofKaryolysus sp. of the rock lizardsLacerta saxicola nairensis from Armenia, we observed that the host was simulataneously infected by another apicomplexan organism. A large meront, about 31.09 μm in diameter, containing more than 40 merozoites was found in the testis of the lizard. Of special interest was the presence of crystalloid bodies in the majority of the merozoites examined. Analysis of the fine structure of the merozoites enabled us to conclude that we were dealing with merozoites of an unknown haemogregarine.
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Abbreviations
- A :
-
Amylopectin
- C :
-
Conoid
- CB :
-
Crystalloid body
- HC :
-
Host cell
- IM :
-
Inner membranous complex
- M :
-
Merozoite
- MI :
-
Mitochondrion
- MM :
-
Membranous material within the parasitophorous vacuole
- MN :
-
Micronemes
- MP :
-
Micropore
- MT :
-
Microtubules
- N :
-
Nucleus
- Nu :
-
Nucleolus
- OM :
-
Outer membrane
- P :
-
Polar ring
- PE :
-
Pellicle
- PV :
-
Parasitophorous vacuole
- R 1, 2 :
-
Preconoidal rings
- RH :
-
Rhoptries
- RI :
-
Ribosome
- V :
-
Vacuole
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Beyer, T., Scholtyseck, E. & Entzeroth, R. Fine structure of the merozoite of a haemogregarine from the testis of a lizard. Z. Parasitenkd. 69, 439–445 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00927700
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