Fayer R
Science. 1972 Jan 7;175(4017):65-7. doi: 10.1126/science.175.4017.65.
Sexual stages and cystlike bodies of Sarcocystis sp., a protozoan parasite found in muscles of reptiles, birds, and mammals, including man, developed in cell culture. Motile organisms, obtained from leg muscles of wild grackles, were inoculated into cell line cultures of embryonic bovine kidney. Mature micro-and macrogametes and the cystlike forms were found 30 and 42 hours after inoculation respectively. These observations indicate that the parasite is probably a coccidium.
肉孢子虫属（Sarcocystis sp.）是一种在包括人类在内的爬行动物、鸟类和哺乳动物肌肉中发现的原生动物寄生虫，其有性阶段和囊状体在细胞培养中发育。从野生鹩哥腿部肌肉获取的活动生物体被接种到胚胎牛肾细胞系培养物中。接种后30小时和42小时分别发现了成熟的小配子和大配子以及囊状形态。这些观察结果表明该寄生虫可能是一种球虫。
