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Observations on a Bodo-like flagellate persistently occurring in the faeces of a human being

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

B. M. Das Gupta  and
H. Chatterjee
B. M. Das Gupta
Affiliation:
From the School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta
H. Chatterjee
Affiliation:
From the School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta
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A flagellate of the genus Bodo is described, which was found in the faeces of a man on 4 occasions during a period of 12 days, sources of extraneous contamination being excluded from the last 3 specimens. Although morphologically it is identical with Bodo, it differs from other known members of this genus in that it multiplies more readily at 37°C. than at lower temperatures.

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Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , January 1938 , pp. 56 - 60
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1938

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