Amastigot
The picture shows parasites of the species Leishmania tropica in the amastigot (flagellate) form (the small, red dots) in macrophages .
Amastigot ( Syn .: kryptomastigot) means without scourge , not scourged. For example, in a morphological form of the single-chiseled parasites of the genus Leishmania , in the amastigote form, the flagellum is not visible under light microscopy , but only rudimentary under the electron microscope . The light microscopic invisibility is due to the fact that the scourge does not emerge from the scourge sac. The amastigote form is the adaptation to the intracellular way of life in the life cycle of the parasite.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Achim Paululat, Günter Purschke: Dictionary of Zoology: Animal names, general biological, anatomical, physiological, ecological terms. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3827421159 , p. 52.
- ↑ Winfried Ahne et al .: Zoology: Textbook for students of veterinary medicine and agricultural sciences. Verlag Schattauer, 2000, ISBN 978-3794517640 , p. 178.
- ↑ Jens Boenigk, Sabina Wodniok: Biodiversity and Earth History . Springer-Verlag, 2015, ISBN 9783642553899 , p. 305.
- ^ Richard Lucius, Brigitte Loos-Frank: Biology of Parasites. Springer Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3540377078 , p. 135.