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- Title
New Insights into Blastocystis spp.: A Potential Link with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
- Authors
Poirier, Philippe; Wawrzyniak, Ivan; Vivarès, Christian P.; Delbac, Frédéric; Alaoui, Hicham El
- Abstract
The article offers information on Blastocystis spp, a complex and heterogenous evolutionary assemblage of heterotrophic and photosynthetic protozoa that belongs to the phylum Stramenopila. The forms of Blastocystis spp include vacuolar, granular, amoeboid and cyst, which are identified in stools and in vitro cultures. The possible association between Blastocystis spp and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is also described.
- Subjects
BLASTOCYSTIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC bacteria; IRRITABLE colon; BLASTOCYSTIDA; HETEROKONTOPHYTA
- Publication
PLoS Pathogens, 2012, Vol 8, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1553-7366
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.ppat.1002545