Ultrastructure of Sarcocystis sp. from the muscle of a white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).
Sarcocystis sp. from the muscle of naturally infected white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) was examined by transmission electron microscopy. The primary cyst wall forms regularly spaced protrusions filled with electron-lucent ground substance; no fibrils are present in the protrusions. The cysts are divided by septa into compartments containing typical coccidian metrocytes and merozoites. Taxonomy of the protozoon from the white-tailed deer-dog is discussed.
D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003670:Deer / Q000469:parasitology*; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009132:Muscles / Q000469:parasitology*; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000254:growth & development / Q000648:ultrastructure*