Morphology of the Spores of Myxosoma Cerebralis (Hofer, 1903) and M. Cartilaginis (Hoffman, putz, and Dunbar, 1965)*

Authors

Glenn L. Hoffman, US Fish and Wildlife ServiceFollow
Jiří Lom, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago

Date of this Version

2003

Comments

Published in Journal of Parasitology, 89(4):653-657. 2003

Abstract

The spore of Myxosoma cerebralis is redescribed and compared with that of a close relative, M. cartilaginis. M. cerebralis is smaller, with greater variability in size and shape. It possesses a mucous envelope whereas M. cartilaginis does not. The surface architecture of M. cerebralis, as seen with the scanning electron microscope, differs in possessing a conspicuous circumsutural groove, prominent polar filament pores, and a mucous envelope.