Trypanosoma

Trypanosoma Gruby, 1843 The trypanosomes are parasites of all classes of vertebrates. Having been found initially in the blood of fish and frogs, trypanosomes have since been found in reptiles, birds, and mammals. Members of the genus Trypanosoma are typically...

TRYPANOSOMES AND LEISHMANIAL ORGANISMS

TRYPANOSOMES AND LEISHMANIAL ORGANISMS   The trypanosomes and leishmanial organims all have a flagellum (or undulipodium of some workers) in some part of their life cycle that is connected to a large mitochondrial body that was called a kinetosome or a kineto...