Immunological and Therapeutic Strategies against Salmonid Cryptobiosis

Figure 8

Ultrastructural lesions in Cryptobia salmositica after in vitro exposure to isometamidium chloride. (a) Parasite kinetoplast (K) not exposed to the drug; (b) condensation of kinetoplast DNA after exposure to the drug; (c) vacuole (V) formation after drug exposure; (d) swelling of mitochondrial cristae (C) after drug exposure; (e) vacuole formation in cytoplasm after drug exposure (reproduced from Ardelli and Woo [44]).