sp. (ATCC 50594) Life Cycle: Myzocytosis and Possible Links to the Origin of Intracellular Parasitism.

species are free living bi-flagellated protists that prey on algae and bodonids in a process known as myzocytosis. species are phylogenetically related to Apicomplexa. We investigated the life cycle of sp.

Novel life cycle stages of Colpodella sp. (Apicomplexa) identified using Sam-Yellowe's trichrome stains and confocal and electron microscopy.

Colpodella spp. are free-living flagellates closely related to the apicomplexans. Human infections by Colpodella sp.