The Kinetoplast of Trypanosomatids: From Early Studies of Electron Microscopy to Recent Advances in Atomic Force Microscopy

Table 1

Measurements of the kDNA network of some trypanosomatids.

Trypanosomatids	kDNA network sizes (μm)	Height	Ref.
Crithidia fasciculata	7.72 × 6.89 ± 0.64 × 0.65	0.5 to 10.5 nm	[50]
Angomonas deanei	7.34 × 6.47 ± 0.10 × 0.30	0.4 to 8.0 nm	[21]
Strigomonas culicis	7.43 × 6.34 ± 1.10 × 0.80	0.5 to 8.0 nm	[21]
T. cruzi (epimastigote)	9.54 × 8.62 ± 1.09 × 1.20	ND	[22]
T. cruzi (trypomastigote)	7.48 × 6.93 ± 0.66 × 0.58	ND	[22]

ND: not determined by the authors.