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The identity of Leishmania tarentolae Wenyon 1921

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

K. R. Wallbanks ,
R. Maazoun ,
E. U. Canning  and
J. A. Rioux
K. R. Wallbanks
Affiliation:
Department of Pure and Applied Biology, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ
R. Maazoun
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Ecologie médicale et Pathologic parasitaire, Faculté de Medecine, F 34000, Montpellier, France
E. U. Canning
Affiliation:
Department of Pure and Applied Biology, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ
J. A. Rioux
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Ecologie médicale et Pathologic parasitaire, Faculté de Medecine, F 34000, Montpellier, France
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A double clone of Trypanosoma platydactyli Catouillard, 1909, derived from a single trypomastigote from the blood of the Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica, was grown in vitro. Morphogenesis of the parasites led to a stable population of promastigotes which were identical, in general morphology, ultrastructure and the electrophoretic mobility of 8 enzymes, to those cultures previously considered to be Leishmania tarentolae Wenyon, 1921. These cultures included the strain isolated from the type locality in Algeria by Parrot (1949) and later used as a laboratory model for the genus Leishmania. T. platydactyli and L. tarenlolae are synonymized and the present status of saurian Leishmania parasites is discussed.

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Parasitology , Volume 90 , Issue 1 , February 1985 , pp. 67 - 78
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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