Abstract:
:Tetratrichomonas didelphidis is a flagellate protozoan found in the intestine of the opossum. The parasite lives in a hostile and stressed environment, where it interacts with microorganisms and can survive under extreme conditions for growth, involving strict anaerobiosis or equilibration with air and abundance or absence of nutrients. The in vitro cultivation of this protozoan depends upon Escherichia coli as a growth-promoting partner. In this study, we used scanning and transmission electron microscopy to observe the phagocytosis of bacteria by the protozoan, confirming the strong association between both cells and the growth dependence of T. didelphidis upon E. coli. After adherence to the protozoan surface, the bacteria induced the appearance of crater-like depressions and the ingested bacteria were intracellularly degraded.
journal_name
Parasitol Resjournal_title
Parasitology researchauthors
Tasca T,De Carli GAdoi
10.1007/s00436-003-1015-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2004-01-01 00:00:00pages
106-9issue
2eissn
0932-0113issn
1432-1955journal_volume
92pub_type
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