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Tubulovesicular elements in Blastocystis hominis from the caecum of experimentally-infected rats
1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University Singapore, Kent Ridge.
International Journal for Parasitology
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
By transmission electron microscopy (TEM), tubulovesicular elements were seen in Blastocystis hominis obtained from the caecum of experimentally-infected rats. These appeared to arise from the peripheral cytoplasm and were rounded, oval or elongate in sections. It is suggested that these elements form a network for transfer of nutrients to the periphery during the process of encystation.