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Scanning electron microscopy of Chilomastix mesnili (Wenyon 1910) Alexieieff, 1912

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Scanning electron microscopy of Chilomastix mesnili shows that the cysts are lemon-shaped with one end broadly rounded and the other conical. The trophozoite has five flagella coming out of the anterior end. Four of these are free and the fifth is attached to the body by an undulating membrane. The undulating membrane extends along the whole length of the body of the parasite with the exception of the tail. The tail is an elongated structure almost equal in length to the main body of the parasite.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical College, The Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan e-mail: viqar.zaman@aku.edu Fax: +92-21-4934294, 4932095, , , , , , 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: 28 September 1999 / Accepted: 14 October 1999

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Zaman, V., Howe, J. & Ng, M. Scanning electron microscopy of Chilomastix mesnili (Wenyon 1910) Alexieieff, 1912. Parasitol Res 86, 327–329 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004360050051

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