Fine-structural aspects of microgametogenesis of Eimeria magna in rabbits and in kidney cell cultures.
The fine-structural aspects of development of microgamonts of Eimeria magna were studied in kidney cell cultures and in experimentally infected rabbits. Spheroidal masses of gamont-like cytoplasm containing ribosomes, polyribosomes, and amylopectin granules were found within the parasitophorus vacuole; these bodies were apparently pinched off the surface of the gamont. Nucleoli were present in the early stages of nuclear division but disappeared as development proceeded.
D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000469:parasitology; D004539:Eimeria / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000469:parasitology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011817:Rabbits; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000648:ultrastructure