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Zoocyst
Zoocyst o"["o]*cyst, n. [Zo["o]- + cyst.] (Biol.) A cyst formed by certain Protozoa and unicellular plants which the contents divide into a large number of granules, each of which becomes a germ.

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- lining the midgut of mosquitoes to form a thick-walled structure known as an oocyst under the mosquito's outer gut lining. Ookinetes are motile and they move...
- eventually rupture and release oocysts into the intestinal lumen, whereupon they are shed in the cat's ****.: 22  Oocysts can then spread to soil, water...
- There are two forms of oocyst: sporulated or late oocyst, and unsporulated or early oocyst. An infected host releases oocysts into the environment in...
- ingestion of sporulated oocysts transmitted by the faecal-oral route. In healthy human hosts, the median infective dose is 132 oocysts. The general C. parvum...
- immature oocyst usually contains one sporoblast (more rarely two). In further maturation after excretion, the sporoblast divides in two, so the oocyst now...
- persistent infections or in others at risk for zinc deficiency. Cryptosporidium oocysts are 4–6 μm in diameter and exhibit partial acid-fast staining. They must...
- (sporulated) oocyst of genus Isospora is a spindle-shaped body that has two sporocysts that contain four sporozoites each. The oocysts of Cystoisospora...
- infect vertebrates. Infected animals spread spores called oocysts in their stool. The oocysts mature, called sporulation. When another animal p****es over...
- epithelial surfaces two morphofunctional types of oocysts the smallest number of sporozoites per oocyst a multi-membraneous "feeder" organelle DNA studies...
- At this stage, the zygote is known as an oocyst. The oocyst absorbs nourishment and grows in size. Oocysts protrude from the surface of the stomach,...