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From: Phylogenetic and morphological characterization of trypanosomes from Brazilian armoured catfishes and leeches reveal high species diversity, mixed infections and a new fish trypanosome species

Fig. 4

Morphological analysis of Brazilian catfish trypanosomes by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). a-d Trypanosoma abeli n. sp. e-g Bloodstream trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma sp. from fish blood samples. h-j Trypanosoma sp. from leech samples. Cultured epimastigotes with pyriform (a) or elongated (b) bodies. Short (c) and elongated (d) cultured trypomastigotes of T. abeli. Bloodstream trypomastigotes had elongated (e) or short (f and g) bodies, with a long section of ‘free’ flagellum portion (arrows). Samples from leech stomach caecum contained pyriform epimastigotes (h), short trypomastigotes (i) and short and wide forms (j) similar to spheromastigotes. Scale bars, 5 μm

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