PMID- 7434872
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19810126
LR  - 20190913
IS  - 0044-3255 (Print)
IS  - 0044-3255 (Linking)
VI  - 63
IP  - 3
DP  - 1980
TI  - Observations on an isolate of Schistosoma bovis from Tanzania.
PG  - 241-9
AB  - The eggs of Schistosoma bovis isolated from Misungwi, Tanzania measure 211.1 
      micrometer +/- 18.4 long and 66.7 micrometer +/- 5.4 wide. The parasite is 
      naturally transmitted by Bulinus africanus and is compatible in the laboratory 
      with snails belonging to the B. truncatus. B. forskali, and B. reticulatus 
      groups. The compatibility with B. africanus group snails is shared with isolates 
      from Kenya and Sudan but not with S. bovis from more northern distributions. 
      Enzyme analyses were carried out by isoelectric focusing. In adult worms, 
      phosphoglucomutase (PGM), hexokinase (HK), malate dehydrogenase (MDH), and 
      lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) proved to be monomorphic whereas two types of 
      glucosephosphate isomerase (GPI), three types of glucose-6-phosphate 
      dehydrogenase (G6PDH), and two types of acid phosphatase (AcP) were identified. 
      Differences in the pI values of gPI and MDH of snail digestive glands and of 
      larval parasites allowed the intramolluscan stages to be characterised. The GPI 
      heterogeneity encountered was common both to the larval and adult parasites. The 
      enzyme types identified in S. bovis are discussed both from an intra- and 
      interspecific viewpoint.
FAU - Southgate, V R
AU  - Southgate VR
FAU - Rollinson, D
AU  - Rollinson D
FAU - Ross, G C
AU  - Ross GC
FAU - Knowles, R J
AU  - Knowles RJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Germany
TA  - Z Parasitenkd
JT  - Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde (Berlin, Germany)
JID - 8710749
RN  - EC 1.1.1.27 (L-Lactate Dehydrogenase)
RN  - EC 1.1.1.37 (Malate Dehydrogenase)
RN  - EC 1.1.1.49 (Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase)
RN  - EC 2.7.1.1 (Hexokinase)
RN  - EC 3.1.3.2 (Acid Phosphatase)
RN  - EC 5.3.1.9 (Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase)
SB  - IM
MH  - Acid Phosphatase/metabolism
MH  - Animals
MH  - Bulinus/*parasitology
MH  - Female
MH  - Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase/metabolism
MH  - Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase/metabolism
MH  - Hexokinase/metabolism
MH  - L-Lactate Dehydrogenase/metabolism
MH  - Malate Dehydrogenase/metabolism
MH  - Male
MH  - Ovum/cytology
MH  - Schistosoma/*physiology
MH  - Tanzania
EDAT- 1980/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1980/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1980/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1980/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1980/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1980/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/BF00931986 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Z Parasitenkd. 1980;63(3):241-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00931986.