Artifact Home
Prov Lab Home
Artifact Home [Diphyllobothrium latum morphology] [Taenia species morphology]


Table of Contents > Helminths > Intestinal Cestodes > Diphyllobothrium latum > D. latum artifacts

Diphyllobothrium latum artifacts


D. latum ova
 
Artifact

91 - Diphyllobothrium latum - phase contrast microscopy x 400

This artifact could be confused with an unembryonated egg by the inexperienced microscopist.

Lack of an operculum and the uneveness of the cell wall should indicate that the object on the right is of plant origin.

A small knob is somewhat evident in this picture which could further lead to confusion.

88 - Plant element - phase contrast x 400

Return to D. latum morphology

[to Artifact Home Page] [Introduction] [Table of Contents] [Protozoans] [Helminths] [Artifacts] [Comparisons]