Artigo Revisado por pares

Morphological Changes of Herpetomonas samuelpessoai

1978; American Society of Parasitologists; Volume: 64; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/3279601

ISSN

1937-2345

Autores

Darcy F. de Almeida, Wanderley de Souza,

Tópico(s)

Protist diversity and phylogeny

Resumo

The promastigote form of Herpetomonas samuelpessoai is modified into a paramastigote-like form during incubation at 28 C in high osmolarity complex media obtained through the addition of various concentrations of KCl, NaCl or glycerol. Morphological changes accompanying this modification include an increase in cell volume during exponential growth, a deep invagination of the cell membrane at the bottom of the flagellar pocket into the cytoplasm, and a prominent bulging at the emergence of the flagellum.

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