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  • 1
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    The @journal of eukaryotic microbiology 42 (1995), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1550-7408
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: . A new diplomonad flagellate, Spironucleus vortens n. sp., is described from the intestinal lumen of the freshwater angelfish, (Pterophyllum scalare), bred in Florida. Live organisms are pyriform, and measure 12.5–20.5 μm long by 5.0–11.2 üm wide. Scanning electron microscopy shows that the trophozoite bears two compound lateral longitudinal ridges, each originating posterior to three emerging anterior flagella, and continuing posteriorly to the emergence of the posterior flagellum. Each ridge comprises a broad central part, surrounded by a peripheral ridge. At the opening of the flagellar pocket, the broader right peripheral ridge crosses to the other side of the body, and then back again. The posterior end of the body bears two papillae. Transmission electron microscopy shows that the compound lateral ridges are supported by microtubules, and bear microfibrillar structures in discrete longitudinal plaques. The serendipitous growth of S. vortens in a culture system with lip tumor tissue, facilitated axenic cultivation in a modified TYM medium (trypticase, yeast extract, maltose). The flagellate is now routinely maintained in an axenic TYI-S-33 medium (trypticase, yeast extract, iron serum), and is stabilized in the cryopreserved state. Spironucleus vortens is an aerotolerant anaerobe that can be cultured at 25° C, 28° C and 30° C.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1550-7408
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: . Gamogony and sporogony of two new species of Aggregata (Apicomplexa: Aggregatidae) commonly were observed during histopathological examination of the digestive tracts of octopuses from the National Aquarium in Baltimore. North Pacific giant octopus, Octopus dofleini martini Pickford 1964, from British Columbia and Washington state were infected with Aggregata dobelli n. sp. Sporocysts were smooth-surfaced, dark-staining, subspherical to subovoid, typically 18–31 μm long by 15–27 μm wide, and contained 9–22 sporozoites, 18–23 μm long. California two-spotted octopus, Octopus bimaculoides Pickford and McConnaughey 1949, from California were infected with Aggregata millerorum n. sp. Sporocysts were smooth-surfaced, dark-staining, and subspherical to subovoid, 12–20 μm long by 11–17 μm wide, and contained 8–10 sporozoites, 18–31 μm long. Both species infected the noncuticularized spiral caecum and intestine; A. millerorum n. sp. also infected the cuticularized esophagus and crop. Both parasites were present in the submucosa, muscularis, and serosa. Our observations of Aggregata infections in cuticularized regions of the gut and in the muscularis and serosa appear to be novel. Associated pathologic features included hypertrophy of invaded cells, edema, inflammation, and ulceration.
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    ISSN: 1550-7408
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: . A diplomonad flagellate, Spironucleus torosa n. sp. is described from Atlantic Cod Gadus morhua and haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus. This is believed to be the 1st confirmed report of Spironucleus from a marine fish. Organisms swimming in the rectal lumen were broadly pyriform to elongate, and measured 10.5–18.6 μm long and 3.2–13.3 μm wide; other elongate organisms were attached to the rectal epithelium, via apical extensions appearing continuous with the microvilli. The posterior end of the body was extended into a caudal projection, on either side of which was a posteriolateral ring-shaped protrusion or torus, with a recurrent flagellum emerging from its centre. A symmetrical system of microtubules and lamellae, forming a “V” in protargol impregnated specimens, supported the flanges of the body surrounding the tori, the tori themselves and the caudal projection. Supranuclear microtubules were an inverted V to U shape in transverse section, and an electron dense band accompanied the cytostomes. Lightly staining homogenous cytoplasm was usually present in the anterior part of the body, the remainder being highly vacuolated with numerous dark granules. In swimming organisms, rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) was present around the nuclei and cytostomes, and bacteria were occasionally seen in the cytoplasm. In “attached” organisms, RER was reduced, and bacteria were absent. Hexamita salmonis Moore from Salvelinus fontinalis was studied by light and scanning electron microscopy for comparison; its cytoplasm was not highly vacuolated. The two recurrent flagella emerged close together from the blunt posterior end of the body.
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of fish diseases 10 (1987), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-2761
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    The @journal of eukaryotic microbiology 49 (2002), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1550-7408
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: . The hexamitid flagellate Spironucleus vortens, previously reported from Pterophyllum scalare from Florida, was found in the intestine of Leuciscus idus in Norway. The flagellate was cultivated and studied by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Identification was based on a suite of ultrastructural features unique for S. vortens: compound lateral ridges, a swirled posterior end, and a distinctive microtubular cytoskeleton. Microfibrillar structures with a periodicity of 0.13 μm in the right peripheral part of the compound lateral ridges were shown to be responsible for the distinctive rope-like appearance of the peripheral ridge seen in scanning electron micrographs, and not previously reported for S. vortens. The present results show a wide geographic distribution and a wide temperature tolerance for S. vortens. The flagellate was successfully cultivated at 5°C and 15°C, having previously been cultivated between 2–34°C. Spironucleus vortens is believed to be endemic in Norwegian waters, but an introduction hypothesis is also discussed. The similarity is striking between S. vortens and S. elegans, previously described from amphibians and fish in Europe, and the possibility of conspecificity is believed to be high.
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  • 6
    ISSN: 1432-1955
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Light microscopy studies have previously shown that Bombycirhynchus sphyraenaicum is an exceptional trypanorhynch cestode, characterised by a poeciloacanthous armature and two enormous bothridia, which overlap parts of the pars bulbosa, a character combination unique within the trypanorhynchs. Plerocercoids of B. sphyraenaicum from the fish Lates calcarifer (Centropomidae) were investigated by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Results revealed that the tegument of the anterior margin of the distal bothridial surface bears three kinds of microtriche; palmate microtriches, 8 μm high, with seven to eight digitiform processes; equalized filamentous microtriches, 5–6 μm long, with cap and base each forming 50% of the length, borne on undulations beneath the palmate microtriches, and cap-dominated filamentous microtriches, 5–6 μm long, with the cap forming 75% of the length, borne on the apex of putative sensory papillae. Integumental connections link the bases of the palmate microtriches, forming transverse girdles around the worm, which may serve to coordinate traction. At regular intervals between the palmate microtriches are papillae, covered with filamentous microtriches extending above the palmate microtriches. A cilium emerges from a bulb at the apex of each papilla; other structures in the bulb include an electron-dense cuff, and two electron dense collars. The posterior part of the bulb tapers and passes into the tegumental cytoplasm. These adorned papillae, observed for the first time in trypanorhynch cestodes, are identified as putative mechanoreceptors.
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  • 7
    Publication Date: 2017-06-08
    Description: Gamogony and sporogony of two new species of Aggregata (Apicomplexa: Aggregatidae) commonly were observed during histopathological examination of the digestive tracts of octopuses from the National Aquarium in Baltimore. North Pacific giant octopus, Octopus dofleini martini Pickford 1964, from British Columbia and Washington state were infected with Aggregata dobelli n. sp. Sporocysts were smooth-surfaced, dark-staining, subspherical to subovoid, typically 18–31 μm long by 15–27 μm wide, and contained 9–22 sporozoites, 18–23 μm long. California two-spotted octopus, Octopus bimaculoides Pickford and McConnaughey 1949, from California were infected with Aggregata millerorum n. sp. Sporocysts were smooth-surfaced, dark-staining, and subspherical to subovoid, 12–20 μm long by 11–17 μm wide, and contained 8–10 sporozoites, 18–31 μm long. Both species infected the noncuticularized spiral caecum and intestine; A. millerorum n. sp. also infected the cuticularized esophagus and crop. Both parasites were present in the submucosa, muscularis, and serosa. Our observations of Aggregata infections in cuticularized regions of the gut and in the muscularis and serosa appear to be novel. Associated pathologic features included hypertrophy of invaded cells, edema, inflammation, and ulceration.
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