Studies on Tapeworm Physiology I. the Cultivation of Schistocephalus Solidus in Vitro

Studies on tapeworm physiology, the cultivation of Schistocephalus solidus in vitro.

Studies on Tapeworm Physiology Vi. Effect of Temperature on the Maturation in Vitro of Schistocephalus Solidus

INTRODUCTION It has been shown that the pleroceroid larvae of the bird cestode Schistocephalus solidus matures rapidly when cultured aseptically in suitable media at 40 C. provided pH and oxygen tension are controlled (Smyth, 1946, 1950). This temperature of 40° C. represents the average body temperature of birds, in the gut of which pleroceroids normally develop (Hopkins & Smyth, 1952). It is ...

Experimental parasite community ecology: intraspecific variation in a large tapeworm affects community assembly.

Non-random species associations occur in naturally sampled parasite communities. The processes resulting in predictable community structure (e.g. particular host behaviours, cross-immunity, interspecific competition) could be affected by traits that vary within a parasite species, like growth or antigenicity. We experimentally infected three-spined sticklebacks with a large tapeworm (Schistocep...

The three-spined stickleback-Schistocephalus solidus system: an experimental model for investigating host-parasite interactions in fish.

Plerocercoids of the pseudophyllidean cestode Schistocephalus solidus infect the three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus, with important consequences for the biology of host fish. Techniques for culturing the parasite in vitro and generating infective stages that can be used to infect sticklebacks experimentally have been developed, and the system is increasingly used as a laboratory mo...

Transcriptome sequences spanning key developmental states as a resource for the study of the cestode Schistocephalus solidus, a threespine stickleback parasite

BACKGROUND Schistocephalus solidus is a well-established model organism for studying the complex life cycle of cestodes and the mechanisms underlying host-parasite interactions. However, very few large-scale genetic resources for this species are available. We have sequenced and de novo-assembled the transcriptome of S. solidus using tissues from whole worms at three key developmental states - ...