%0 Journal Article
%T Morphologic aspects of Tetratrichomonas didelphidis isolated from opossums Didelphis marsupialis and Lutreolina crassicaudata
%A Tasca
%A Tiana
%A De Carli
%A Geraldo Attilio
%A Glock
%A Luiz
%A Jeckel-Neto
%A Em¨ªlio Ant£¿nio
%J Mem¨®rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
%D 2001
%I Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Minist¨¦rio da Sa¨²de
%R 10.1590/S0074-02762001000200022
%X tetratrichomonas didelphidis (hegner & ratcliffe, 1927) andersen & reilly, 1965 is a flagellate protozoan found in the intestine, cecum, and colon of didelphis marsupialis. the parasitic protozoa used in this study was found and isolated in the intestine of opossums in pavlova starch-containing medium in florian¨®polis, state of santa catarina, brazil, from d. marsupialis and lutreolina crassicaudata. the strains were cultivated in diamond medium without maltose and with starch solution, ph 7.5 at 28¡ãc. the specimens were stained by the giemsa method and heidenhain's iron hematoxylin. the light microscopy study of the trophozoites revealed the same morphologic characteristics as specimens previously described.
%K tetratrichomonas didelphidis
%K didelphis marsupialis
%K lutreolina crassicaudata
%K flagellate protozoan
%K morphology.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0074-02762001000200022&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en