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Scanning electron microscopy of Blastocystis hominis cysts

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Scanning electron microscopy of Blastocystishominis cysts reveals that some cysts have an outer coat, whereas others are naked. If intact, the outer coat forms a fan-like structure around the cyst and its surface is granular. The fragmented outer coat adheres to other cysts and bacteria, forming irregular clumps.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical College, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan Fax: (92) 21 4934294/4932095; e-mail: vzaman@akuc.edu, Pakistan

    V. Zaman

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

    J. Howe & M. Ng

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Received: 15 September 1997 / Accepted: 2 December 1997

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Zaman, V., Howe, J. & Ng, M. Scanning electron microscopy of Blastocystis hominis cysts. Parasitol Res 84, 476–477 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004360050432

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