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Small-intestinal factors promote encystation of Giardia lamblia in vitro
F D Gillin1, D S Reiner, S E Boucher
1Department of Pathology, University of California San Diego 92103.
Infection and Immunity
|March 1, 1988
Abstract:
Bile salts and fatty acids stimulated differentiation of cultured Giardia lamblia trophozoites into water-resistant cysts at the slightly alkaline pH of the small intestinal lumen. Maximum encystation occurred at pH 7.8. Thus, specific small-intestinal factors may influence encystation in vivo as well as in vitro.