Sarcocystis: development in cultured avian and mammalian cells.
Sarcocystis, a protozoan that parasitizes muscle tissue of reptiles, birds, and mammals, including man, developed in avian and mammalian cell cultlures. Mctile banana-shaped organisms, released from cysts in grackle muscle, entered cells and transformed into enlarged ellipsoid or oblong stages, which developed into either multinucleate or cyst-like stages, or both.
D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002642:Chick Embryo; D046508:Culture Techniques; D008722:Methods; D011200:Poultry; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development*