Eudiplozoon nipponicum: morphofunctional adaptations of diplozoid monogeneans for confronting their host.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Monogeneans, in general, show a range of unique adaptations to a parasitic lifestyle, making this group enormously diverse. Due to their unique biological properties, diplozoid monogeneans represent an attractive model group for various investigations on diverse biological interactions. However, despite numerous studies, there are still gaps in our knowledge of diplozoid biology and morphofunctional adaptations.

Results

In this study, we provide a comprehensive microscopic analysis of systems/structures involved in niche searching, sensing and self-protection against the host environment, and excretory/secretory processes in Eudiplozoon nipponicum. Freeze-etching enabled us to detect syncytium organisational features not visible by TEM alone, such as the presence

SUBMITTER: Valigurova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10127055 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature