New data on the nervous system of Cercaria parvicaudata Stunkard & Shaw, 1931 (Trematoda: Renicolidae): revisiting old hypotheses

2019 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.A. Denisova ◽  
S.V. Shchenkov
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Silver Nitrate ◽  
Classical Model ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Sensory Receptors ◽  
Impregnation Technique ◽  
Scanning Electron ◽  
Nerve Cords

Abstract Data on the interposition of the immunoreactive nerve cords in Cercaria parvicaudata Stunkard & Shaw, 1931 (Trematoda: Renicolidae) and its chaetotaxy were obtained. The nervous system of C. parvicaudata was described using immunostaining of 5-hydroxytryptamine and FMRFamide immunoreactive nerve elements. The morphology and distribution of sensory receptors were analysed using scanning electron microscopy and the silver nitrate impregnation technique. Our integrated approach to the study of the nervous system revealed a clear colocalization of surface papillae with nerve cords and commissures in C. parvicaudata. The structure of the nervous system in C. parvicaudata differs partly from the classical model that defines the entire nomenclature of chaetotaxy.

Comparative Study of the Fine Morphology of Sensory Receptors in Aspidogaster conchicola and Cotylaspis insignis

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 150-151
Author(s):  
Venita F. Allison ◽  
J. E. Ubelaker ◽  
J. H. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Osmic Acid ◽  
Sensory Receptors ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Sensory Structures ◽  
Fine Morphology ◽  
Scanning Electron

It has been suggested that parasitism results in a reduction of sensory structures which concomitantly reflects a reduction in the complexity of the nervous system. The present study tests this hypothesis by examining the fine morphology and the distribution of sensory receptors for two species of aspidogastrid trematodes by transmission and scanning electron microscopy. The species chosen are an ectoparasite, Cotylaspis insignis and an endoparasite, Aspidogaster conchicola.Aspidogaster conchicola and Cotylaspis insignis were obtained from natural infections of clams, Anodonta corpulenta and Proptera purpurata. The specimens were fixed for transmission electron microscopy in phosphate buffered paraformaldehyde followed by osmic acid in the same buffer, dehydrated in an ascending series of ethanol solutions and embedded in Epon 812.

Scanning electron microscopy of the integument of schistosoma rodhaini

1986 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 132-133
Author(s):  
P. Evers ◽  
C. Schutte ◽  
C. D. Dettman
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Oral Sucker ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Dorsal Surface ◽  
Ventral Surface ◽  
Sensory Receptors ◽  
East African ◽  
Dorsal Midline ◽  
Scanning Electron

S.rodhaini (Brumpt 1931) is a parasite of East African rodents which may possibly hybridize with the human schistosome S. mansoni. The adult male at maturity measures approximately 3mm long and possesses both oral and ventral suckers and a marked gynaecophoric canal. The oral sucker is surrounded by a ring of sensory receptors with a large number of inwardly-pointing spines set into deep sockets occupying the bulk of the ventral surface of the sucker. Numbers of scattered sensory receptors are found on both dorsal and ventral surfaces of the head (Fig. 1) together with two conspicuous rows of receptors situated symmetrically on each side of the midline. One row extends along the dorsal surface of the head midway between the dorsal midline and the lateral margin.

scholarly journals Physical and mechanical properties of membrane polyvinilidene flouride with the addition of silver nitrate

2018 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 08014
Author(s):  
Agung Mataram ◽  
S. Rizal ◽  
Estu Pujiono
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Silver Nitrate ◽  
Pore Diameter ◽  
Standardized Test ◽  
Physical And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Mixed Composition ◽  
Scanning Electron ◽  
Made In

The membrane is a layer formed from fine fibers are used as a filter. In this research, measured the tensile strength and pore size of the membrane that is made in three variations of a specimen with a mixed composition of different Polyvinilidene Fluoride 17.5%, 20%, 22.5%., membrane made using Polyvinilidene Fluoride polimer granules and N,N-Dimethylformamide as solvent and silver nitrate. Membrane molded into standardized test specimens and tested with a device Adhesion Tearring Strength Tester. The results show an increase in the value of the tensile test of 404.8356 KPa to the composition of 17.5%, 507.3598 KPa for composition of 20% and 603.7218 KPa to a composition of 22.5%. For testing the microstructure using a Scanning Electron Microscopy with the resulting increase in pore diameter, for the range of 558.4 nm-781.8 nm are void to the composition of 17.5%, range 670.1 nm - 781.8 nm without voids for the composition of 20% and 1.117 μm-1.228μm without voids on a composition of 22.5

scholarly journals Integrative description of a new Tunisian tardigrade species, Macrobiotus azzunae sp. nov. (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae, hufelandi group)

2021 ◽  
Vol 758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamila Ben Marnissi ◽  
Michele Cesari ◽  
Lorena Rebecchi ◽  
Roberto Bertolani
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
18S Rrna ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
28S Rrna ◽  
Considerable Potential ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
Taxonomic Approach ◽  
Scanning Electron

In this paper a new tardigrade species, Macrobiotus azzunae sp. nov., from Tunisia, is described. An integrative taxonomic approach was applied by combining morphological, morphometric and molecular data. In particular, light and scanning electron microscopy observations, and four genetic markers, three nuclear (18S rRNA, 28S rRNA and ITS-2) and one mitochondrial (COI) were used. The analysis showed that M. azzunae sp. nov. belongs to the Macrobiotus hufelandi group and is most similar to Macrobiotus sandrae Bertolani & Rebecchi, 1993. It differs from M. sandrae by a more pronounced constriction of the first macroplacoid (hardly visible in M. sandrae) and for the eggshell shape, with thinner wires of the reticulum and meshes around the processes larger than the inter-process meshes in M. azzunae sp. nov., while all meshes are similar in size in M. sandrae. The species is gonochoristic. With this discovery, there are 33 species of tardigrades identified in Tunisia, all non-marine. This result, compared with nearby Sicily, where more research has been conducted, indicates that there is a considerable potential for identification of new species. Further research will be most informative if multiple habitats are explored and if carried out with an integrated approach as done in this present work.

Location of focal silver staining at endothelial gaps in inflamed venules examined by scanning electron microscopy

1995 ◽  
Vol 269 (3) ◽  
pp. L403-L418 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Hirata ◽  
P. Baluk ◽  
T. Fujiwara ◽  
D. M. McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Endothelial Cell ◽  
Silver Nitrate ◽  
Silver Staining ◽  
Cell Junctions ◽  
Luminal Surface ◽  
Silver Deposits ◽  
Endothelial Gaps ◽  
Scanning Electron

The century-old histological technique of silver nitrate staining has proven to be extremely useful for visualizing endothelial cell borders and localizing endothelial gaps, but the significance of the staining is still not fully understood. To gain some insight into what silver nitrate stains, we developed a method that enabled us to use scanning electron microscopy with backscattered and secondary electron imaging to examine silver staining at endothelial cell borders of venules of the rat tracheal mucosa. We found that in normal venules, silver lines followed the smooth contour of cell borders. However, 1 min after endothelial permeability was increased by substance P, cell borders were irregular and displaced from the silver lines by as much as 4.3 microns, and the lines were accompanied by three types of silver deposits. Most common (46% of total) were annulus-shaped silver deposits that surrounded endothelial gaps. These deposits averaged 1.5 microns in width, were positioned symmetrically across cell borders, and were located at a depth of 0.3 micron beneath the luminal surface. Many endothelial gaps were partitioned into multiple pores (mean, 2.4) by fingerlike processes of endothelial cells. Surprisingly, the gaps occupied only 5.4% of the total area of the silver deposits and constituted 0.15% of the luminal surface of the leaky postcapillary venules. A second type of silver deposit (19% of total) was positioned asymmetrically with respect to the cell border and marked sites where endothelial cell margins still overlapped but appeared to be vertically separated by obliquely oriented gaps. A third type marked gaps at three-cell junctions; these were no more abundant than deposits elsewhere around the cell perimeter, suggesting that three-cell junctions were not unusually leaky sites. We conclude that silver nitrate marks endothelial cell borders and outlines endothelial cell gaps by staining an element of intercellular junctions. The annular shape of many silver deposits around gaps suggests that junctional elements in the apposing cells are separated during gap formation but are still present at the gap perimeter.

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