title: Salivaria or Stercoraria? The Trypanosoma rangeli dilemma.
abstract: The taxonomic status of Trypanosoma rangeli as well as the tools for its molecular characterization is briefly commented.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Caixa, Postal 476, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. grisard@ccb.ufsc.br
authors.forename: Edmundo C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Grisard