title: Tubulovesicular elements in Blastocystis hominis from the caecum of experimentally-infected rats.
abstract: By transmission electron microscopy (TEM), tubulovesicular elements were seen in Blastocystis hominis obtained from the caecum of experimentally-infected rats. These appeared to arise from the peripheral cytoplasm and were rounded, oval or elongate in sections. It is suggested that these elements form a network for transfer of nutrients to the periphery during the process of encystation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University Singapore, Kent Ridge.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suresh
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Howe
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Yap
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016776:Blastocystis Infections / Q000469:parasitology*; D016845:Blastocystis hominis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002432:Cecum / Q000469:parasitology; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar