FIGURE 2 in Hidden life cycle stages of the trypanosomatid Blastocrithidia triatomae Cerisola et al. 1971 (Protista: Excavata: Kinetoplastea) unveiled by a new cultivation method

FIGURE 2. Scanning electron microscopy of B. triatomae culture stages. A. epimastigote with curled flagellum (arrow). (B, C, D) Straphangers. Arrow indicates a sinemastigote (B, C); arrowhead shows a scleromastigote (B, D); asterisk shows scleromastigote bacillus-like stages (B, D). Note the disposition of these stages on the epimastigote flagellum, suggesting its ontogenesis (arrowhead). (E, F, G) Microepimastigotogenesis. Bacillus-like emitting an axial projection (E) and posterior flagellum (F). G. process in a more advanced stage. H. Binary division originating epimastigotes-like. I. Scleromastigotes in division. Note the cytoplasmic projections connecting the cells (arrowhead). Bars: (A, C, D, G, H) = 5µm; B = 2µm; (E, F, I) 1µm.