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Buxtonella sulcata Jameson, 1926 (Protozoa, Ciliata): Cysts and Cyst Formation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Elery R. Becker
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Iowa State College.
T. S. Hsiung
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Iowa State College.

Extract

Jameson (1926) has described from the caeca of cattle a ciliate belonging to the family Isotrichidae to which he has given the name Buxtonella sulcata. The most prominent character of this ciliate is a dorsal ridge running in a wide sweeping curve from one end of the body to the other with a groove running down the middle. Other characters of importance are a peculiar indentation near the mouth and the not uncommon occurrence of the macronucleus in two separate rounded portions. Roundish oval cysts of this ciliate, 80 to 100 microns in length by 60 to 80 microns in width, were also found by him.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1929

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References

Becker, E. R. and Frye, W. W. (1927). Some Protozoa found in the Faeces of Cattle. Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 34, 331333.Google Scholar
Jameson, A. P. (1926). A Ciliate, Buxtonella sulcata n.g., n.sp., from the Caecum of Cattle. Parasitology, 18, 182186.CrossRefGoogle Scholar