Calcification in an ageing Ligula intestinalis (L) plerocercoid from a bream (Abramis brama L.).
Light and transmission electron microscopy of the strobila of a large old Ligula intestinalis plerocercoid has revealed microcrystals with a morphology similar to that of microapatite crystals from vertebrates. Analysis of the microcrystals with EMMA-4 showed them to contain calcium and phosphorus. The tissue in the immediate vicinity of the microcrystals shows signs of necrosis while further away it is histologically normal.
D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D002113:Calcification, Physiologic; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis; D002589:Cestoda / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*; D003461:Crystallography; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000032:analysis
D010758:Phosphorus; D002118:Calcium