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Ultrastructural studies on the sporozoite of Eimeria tenella

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

John F. Ryley
John F. Ryley
Affiliation:
Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., Pharmaceuticals Division, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire
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The structure of the sporozoite of Eimeria tenella has been studied with the aid of the electron microscope, using both sectioned fixed material and negatively stained or shadowed whole cells. An apical ring gives rise to a series of 24 fibrils which extend posteriorly under a double bilamellar membrane. Within the apical ring lies a conoid with spirally arranged tubules and an apical pore; under some conditions at least this conoid can be pushed forward beyond the apical ring. Originating within the conoid are a group of club-shaped organelles which extend backwards into the cell to lie among an extensive regular array of micronemes. The nucleus lies between two apparently structureless paranuclear bodies, and scattered throughout the remaining cytoplasm are mitochondria with tubular cristae, oval structures containing amylopectin, occasional lipid droplets, and vesicles containing nondescript material possibly undergoing digestion and which may have a possible connexion with a lateral micropyle.

I am indebted to Mrs Muriel Bentley for much technical collaboration and to Mrs McLaren for making her manuscript available before publication.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 59 , Issue 1 , February 1969 , pp. 67 - 72
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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