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The use of plasma etching to reveal the internal structure of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis (Nematoda)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

D. L. Lee  and
C. D. Nicholls
D. L. Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Pure and Applied Zoology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
C. D. Nicholls
Affiliation:
Department of Pure and Applied Zoology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
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Summary

Plasma etching has been used to strip away the cortical layers of the cuticle of adult Nippostrongylus brasiliensis to reveal the struts, with their supporting fibres, which are found in the fluid-filled middle layer of the cuticle, and the basal fibre layers. The etched specimens were studied by means of scanning electron microscopy. The results support earlier work, obtained by transmission electron microscopy, on the cuticle of this nematode. Plasma etching has been shown to have potential in studying the structure of nematodes.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 86 , Issue 3 , June 1983 , pp. 477 - 480
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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