title: Transmission electron microscopic studies of stages of Histomonas meleagridis from clonal cultures.
abstract: Histomonas meleagridis is a 10-20 microm-sized flagellated protozoan, causing histomoniasis in gallinaceous birds. Different strains of H. meleagridis from different origins were used to establish clonal cultures, which can be traced back to a single cell. Cells from these clonal cultures were examined by transmission electron microscopy. Results gave detailed insights in the ultrastructure showing a single flagellum, a band of microtubules remnants of an axostyle or of a costa, respectively pelta, hydrogenosomes, nucleus, spindle apparatus, and other organelles of the trophozoites of H. meleagridis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoomorphology, Cytology, and Parasitology, Heinrich Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mielewczik
authors.forename: Heinz
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mehlhorn
authors.forename: Saleh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Quraishy
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grabensteiner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hess
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D001717:Birds; D002645:Chickens; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D015388:Organelles / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal / Q000469:parasitology; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D016834:Trichomonadida / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014422:Turkeys