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From: The phylogeography of trypanosomes from South American alligatorids and African crocodilids is consistent with the geological history of South American river basins and the transoceanic dispersal of Crocodylus at the Miocene

Figure 6

Scanning electron microscopy of epimastigote forms of Trypanosoma ralphi (a,b,c,e,f,h,i) and Trypanosoma terena (d, g,j,k). Log-phase epimastigotes of T. ralphi showing slender and pointed forms (a,e), and of T. terena (d,k) exhibiting rounded posterior extremity and a membrane protuberance corresponding to the kinetoplast (k). Both species exhibited squash-like forms dividing by multiple fissions (b,c,g), and long epimastigotes dividing by binary fission (j). Higher magnification of the cytostome opening (f), flagellar membrane detached from the cell body membrane (d,h,j,k), and flagellar lamellae indicated by stars (i,j). Cy, cytostome; K, kinetoplast. Bars = 1 μm.

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