Iodamoeba butschlii (continued)
TROPHOZOITE
SIZE: 8 to20 mcm.
SHAPE : Irregular to round; most oval.
NUCLEUS: Vesicular, condensed.
NUMBER: One.
PERIPHERAL CHROMATIN: Absent; achromatic granules surrounding the
karyosome.
KARYOSOME: Large and eccentric due to achromatic granules.
NUCUEOPLASM: Dirty.
CYTOPLASM:
APPEARANCE: Coarse; very dirty.
INCLUSIONS: Bacteria, molds and yeasts
MOBILITY: Nondirectional with blunt pseudopodia.
Figure 1-18. Trophozoiet, I. butschlii.
CYST
SIZE: 5 to 20mcm.
SHAPE : Irregular; most are oval.
NUMBER: One.
PERIPHERAL CHROMATIN: Absent; achromatic granules surrounding the
karyosome.
KARYOSOME: Large and eccentric due to achromatic granules.
NUCUEOPLASM: Dirty.
CYTOPLASM:
CHROMATOID BODIES: None seen.
GLYCOGEN: Discrete; compact; well defined; large mass (vacuole).
Figure 1-19. Cyst, I. butschlii.
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