Presence of apicomplexan-type micropores in a parasitic dinoflagellate, Hematodinium sp.
Structures resembling apicomplexan micropores were found by transmission electron microscopy in in vitro-cultured and in in vivo forms of the parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium sp. from crustacean hosts. Uptake of colloidal gold indicated a cytostomal function for the micropores.
Appleton
P L
PL
Biochemical Parasitology Laboratory, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Vickerman
K
K
D000818:Animals; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004141:Dinoflagellida / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008121:Nephropidae / Q000469:parasitology