ULTRASTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS ON SPOROGENESIS OF MYXOBOLUS KWANGSIENSIS HSIEH, GONG & XIAO FROM THE KIDNEY OF DACE LABEO ROHITA

The early stages and capsulogenetic stages of sporogenesis of Myxobolus kwangsiensis were studied indetail by electron microscopy. M. kwangsiensis is an intrasellular myxsporen infecting the epithelial cellsof kidney tubules of young dace Labeo rohita. The M. kwangsiensis sporogenesis presents the typical featuresof myxosporea. The initial stages are multinuceate primary cells, with one primary cell typicallyenclosing one secondary cell. The secondary cells are formed directly by cytokinesis inside the primary cells. Theprimary cell participates in the formation of the secondary cell nucleus. The nuclear division of primarycell is asynchronous by amitosis. The parasitic organisms may degenerate inside the epithelial cells at anystage. The modes of sporoblast formation , the typical features of myxosporea and the cause of its degradationare discussed.

ULTRASTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS ON SPOROGENESIS OF MYXOBOLUS KWANGSIENSIS HSIEH, GONG & XIAO FROM THE KIDNEY OF DACE LABEO ROHITA

The early stages and capsulogenetic stages of sporogenesis of Myxobolus kwangsiensis were studied in detail by electron microscopy. M. kwangsiensis is an intracellular myxosporean infecting the epithelial cells of kidney tubules of young dace Labeo rohita. The M. kwangsiensis sporogenesis presents the typical features of myxosporea. The initial stages are multinucleate primary cells, with one primary cell typically enclosing one secondary cell. The secondary cells are formed directly by cytokinesis inside the primary cells. The primary cell participates in the formation of the secondary cell nucleus. The nuclear division of primary cell is asynchronous by amitosis. The parasitic organisms may degenerate inside the epithelial cells at any stage. The modes of sporoblast formation, the typical features of myxosporea and the cause of its degradation are discussed.