Morphological characteristics of
Species | Strain | Amoeba | Flagellate | Cyst max. diameter ( |
References | |||||
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Length ( |
Width ( |
Length-to-width ratio | Length ( |
Width ( |
Length-to-width ratio | |||||
GJ1 | 20.7 (14.1–27.7) | 14.0 (9.3–20.9) | 1.5 (1.2–2.2) | 13.6 (7.3–18.7) | 5.2 (4.3–7.0) | 2.6 (1.4–3.9) | 10.2 (8.1–11.8) | This study | ||
NY2 | 19.3 (14.7–27.8) | 13.0 (9.5–18.1) | 1.5 (1.1–2.2) | 13.7 (10.1–17.5) | 6.5 (4.7–8.5) | 2.1 (1.7–2.8) | 8.7 (7.3–10.3) | This study | ||
AS12B | NR (12–33.5) | NR (12.5–30) | NR | 15.0 (11–18) | 5.3 (3–8) | 2.9 (1.7–3.8) | NR (9–12.5) | Park and Simpson (2011); Harding et al. (2013) | ||
SD1A | NR (12–30.5) | NR (12–30) | NR | 11.6 (9–14) | 4.6 (3–6) | 2.6 (1.9–4.1) | NR (10.5–15) | Park and Simpson (2011); Harding et al. (2013) |
Values are presented as mean (range).
NR: not reported.