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. 2021 Feb 2;28(4):2491–2501. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.01.050

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Light microscopic findings of Blastocystis forms detected after drug testing by iodine smears and eosin-brilliant cresyl blue dye (×400). 2a: Vacuolar (V) form by iodine smear, 2b: Vacuolar (V) and cystic (C) forms by iodine smear, 2c: Vacuolar (V) and granular (G) forms by iodine smear, 2d: Amoeboid (A) form by iodine smear, 2e: Viable vacuolar (V) form, 2f: Viable cyst (C) form, 2g: Non-viable vacuolar (V) and granular (G) forms, 2h: Non-viable amoeboid (A) form.