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  • Title: Fine structure of adult Litomosoides carinii (Nematoda: Filarioidea).
    Author: Franz M, Andrews P.
    Journal: Z Parasitenkd; 1986; 72(4):537-47. PubMed ID: 3751233.
    Abstract:
    The fine structure of the body wall and the intestine of male and female Litomosoides carinii was studied in sections through the middle and posterior regions of the worms. In the sublateral cells of the female hypodermis the organelles are arranged in regular layers. The zone with the basal labyrinth is the most prominent layer. The intestinal epithelium of the female worm varies considerably in thickness. The cytoplasm of these cells contains many large droplets. The lateral hypodermal chords of the male worm are very narrow bands. The muscle cells of the male worm are of the circomyarian type, without an afibrillar portion. The intestinal lumen of the male worm is very narrow, and the epithelial cells contain very large droplets. In both sexes the hypodermis contains bacteria. Larger glycogen deposits were absent in the hypodermal chords and in the muscle cells of the midbody regions.
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