We compared ultrastructure of Lizard Leishmania and Leishmania major promastigotes by electron
microscope. Leishmania major (MRHO/R64/Nadim1) and Lizard leishmania promastigotes were mass
cultured, collected by centrifugation and washed by PBS buffer three times, the ultrastructural features
of both Leishmania promastigotes were observed by transmission electron microscope Their
subpellicular microtubules diameter and cytoplasmic membrane thickness are identical, but there is
difference in two parasites in respect of distance between kinetoplast and flagella. We could not find
golgi apparatus in Lizard Leishmania.
کلید واژگان :
Lizard Leishmania, Leishmania major, Transmission Electron Microscope
