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Variation in the cyst morphology of Blastocystis hominis

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Two types of Blastocystishominis cyst are passed in human feces, one with an outer fibrillar coat and the other without it. The outer fibrillar coat is shed as the cyst matures, but another fibrillar coat forms that is closely attached to the cyst wall and is clearly visible at high magnification in the electron microscope. The internal structure of the two cyst form is similar.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical College, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan, , , , , , PK

    V. Zaman

  2. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 0511, , , , , , SG

    J. Howe & M. Ng

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Received: 1 October 1996 / Accepted: 24 October 1996

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Zaman, V., Howe, J. & Ng, M. Variation in the cyst morphology of Blastocystis hominis . Parasitol Res 83, 306–308 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004360050253

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