Fig. 3
From: Acanthamoeba-mediated cytopathic effect correlates with MBP and AhLBP mRNA expression
Morphology of cysts and axenic trophozoites of group II and III Acanthamoeba stained with methylene blue and observed under phase contrast microscopy (magnification ×1000). a Thick ectocyst and polygonal endocyst in Group II. b Thin ectocyst adjacent to the endocyst in Group III. c, d Acanthamoeba trophozoites with characteristic acanthapodia, contractile vacuole and prominent nucleus. Scale-bars: 20 μm