Early developmental stages of two actinosporeans, raabeia and aurantiactinomyxon (Myxozoa), as detected by light and electron microscopy

Author： Oumouna M. Hallett S.L. Hoffmann R.W. El-Matbouli M.

Publisher： Academic Press

ISSN： 0022-2011

Source： Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Vol.79, Iss.1, 2002-01, pp. : 17-26

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Abstract

The development of actinosporeans in their oligochaete host proceeding pansporocyst formation is relatively well documented, however, phases preceding it are not as well known. The initial stages in the development of two actinosporeans, Raabeia type 1 of Oumouna et al. [Parasitol. Res. 2002] and Aurantiactinomyxon pavinsis(Ormie`res, 1968) Marque`s [Languedoc, Universite des Sciences et Techniques, Dissertation, 1984] from schizogony to gametogony and sporogony are described. Both actinosporeans begin their development as multinucleate stages near the basal lamina of the oligochaete intestine. Proximal to these stages and between the host epithelium cells are uninucleate cells whose nuclei divide to produce binucleate cells. These divide mitotically to produce cells with four nuclei which then undergo plasmotomy to yield a tetracellular stage and the first phase in pansporocyst formation. From the uninucleate stage to the tetranucleate stage, the cell membrane of the parasite is associated closely via finger-like projections with the intestinal epithelial and glandular cells of the host.© 2002 Elsevier Science (USA)