The use of different microscopic techniques for the study of monogenean parasite Eudiplozoon nipponicum
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | MC 2009 GRAZ, Volume 2: Life Sciences |
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| Field | Zoology |
| Keywords | Eudiplozoon nipponicum; LM; Histology; CLSM; SEM; TEM |
| Description | Eudiplozoon nipponicum (Goto, 1891) (Monogenea, Diplozoidae) is a parasite from the gills of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). Members of the family Diplozoidae are unique among platyhelminths in so far as two adult worms are fused in permanent copula, each individual being unable to survive alone. The life cycle of E. nipponicum begins when the invasive larval stage, oncomiracidium, hatches from the egg in water. After attachement on the gill the oncomiracidium develops into the unpaired post-larval stage diporpa. Two diporpae come into contact, pair and fuse. The typical shape of the two fused parasites is like the letter X. The study of these stages has been made with the use and comparison of different microscopic techniques. Light microscopy (LM). Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Transmission electron microscopy (TEM). |
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