Table 2.
Morphometry of Crithidia sp. CLA-KP1 strain cultured in SIM complete at 26°C.
| Morphological feature | Choanomastigotes | Promastigotes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haptomonad form (50) | With flagellum (50) | With flagellum (50) | Nectomonad form (50) | |
| Cell body length (μm) | 4.76 ± 0.75 | 5.5 ± 0.95 | 7.85 ± 1.6 | 10.69 ± 1.11 |
| Cell body width (μm) | 3.79 ± 0.56 | 3.9 ± 0.73 | 3.17 ± 0.72 | 1.65 ± 0.32 |
| Anterior end to kinetoplast distance (μm) | 3.27 ± 0.69 | 3.48 ± 0.94 | 7.00 ± 1.27 | 7.56 ± 1.17 |
| Anterior end to nucleus distance (μm) | 2.74 ± 0.67 | 2.77 ± 0.66 | 5.08 ± 1.02 | 9.01 ± 1.16 |
| Flagellum length (μm) | – | 3.12 ± 1.77 | 5.49 ± 0.88 | 9.5 ± 3.22 |