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Feeding Mechanisms of Babesia equi
Author(s) -
FRERICHS WAYNE M.,
HOLBROOK A. A.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1974.tb03734.x
Subject(s) - babesia , biology , organelle , parasite hosting , ingestion , hemoglobin , red blood cell , babesiosis , electron microscope , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , immunology , biochemistry , physics , world wide web , computer science , optics
SYNOPSIS. Electron microscope and time lapse, phase contrast cinematography studies on Babesia equi organisms within equine red blood cells revealed that this hemoprotozoon has two organelles possibly involved with ingestion of nutrients: a cytostome that takes in hemoglobin from the host cell and a tubule that extends from the main body of the parasite through the erythrocyte to the blood plasma and appears to ingest plasma during periods of rapid growth and development.