Wenyonella baghdadensis sp. n. from the bandicoot rat Nesokia indica in the Baghdad area.
Oocysts of Wenyonella baghdadensis sp. n. were found in the feces of 2 of 12 bandicoot rats Nesokia indica Gray & Harwicke from the Baghdad area. Sporulated oocysts were subspherical to broadly ellipsoidal, 25.4 (18-22) x 20.8 (15-28) micrometer, with a 2-layered wall, the outer wall being mammillated, without micropyle, micropylar cap, residuum, or polar granule. Sporozoites were ovoid, 11.8 (9-15) x 8.4 (6-10) micrometer, with Stieda body and residuum. Two sporozoites in each sporocyst were elongate, with granular cytoplasm and  a refractile globule, the other 2 were bean-shaped, without granules or refractile globule. Sporulation time equalled 3 days at 22-24 C. Entamoeba coli and Giardia sp. cysts were also found in 3 rats each.
D000818:Animals; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004747:Entamoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005872:Giardia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007493:Iraq; D051381:Rats / Q000382:microbiology*