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Pneumocystis carinii Delanoë, its ultrastructure and ultrastructural affinities.
Jiri Vavra,K. Kucera +1 more
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It is concluded from the ultrastructural evidence that Pneumocystis may indeed be a yeast or have a yeast-like stage in its life cycle, but it is not completely similar to any fungus whose ultrastructure has been described so far.Abstract:
SYNOPSIS The fine structure of Pneumocystis carinii Delanoe is described in detail and is compared to the fine structure of protozoa and fungi. Pneumocystis does not have ultrastructural affinities to Protozoa but rather to fungi. Specifically, the process of intracystic body formation in the cyst is similar to the formation of ascospores inside a yeast ascus. The significance of the structural similarity between Pneumocystis and fungi is discussed. It is concluded from the ultrastructural evidence that Pneumocystis may indeed be a yeast or have a yeast-like stage in its life cycle. However, Pneumocystis is not completely similar to any fungus whose ultrastructure has been described so far. Perhaps its particular structure may be an adaptation to the parasitic way of life in mammalian lungs. It should be cultivated in order to be sure of its exact taxonomic position.read more
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Ribosomal RNA sequence shows Pneumocystis carinii to be a member of the Fungi
Jeffrey C. Edman,Joseph A. Kovacs,Henry Masur,Daniel V. Santi,Hille J. Elwood,Mitchell L. Sogin +5 more
TL;DR: Phylogenetic analysis of Pneumocystis 16S-like rRNA demonstrates it to be a member of the Fungi, revealing that the plant, animal and fungal lineages are distinct from the diverse spectrum of protozoan lineages.
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Developments in Fungal Taxonomy
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A new name (Pneumocystis jiroveci) for Pneumocystis from humans.
TL;DR: DNA sequence variation exists among samples of P. jiroveci, a feature that allows reexamination of the relationships between host and pathogen, and instead of lifelong latency, transient colonization may be the rule.
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Pneumocystis carinii: sequence from ribosomal RNA implies a close relationship with fungi.
TL;DR: Comparison of the P. carinii sequence to corresponding sequences of organisms from other taxa showed the sequence to be more similar to sequences from the fungi than to protozoan sequences, suggesting that P.Carinii is more closely related to fungi thanto protozoa.
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Sporogony in Pneumocystis carinii: synaptonemal complexes and meiotic nuclear divisions observed in precysts.
TL;DR: It is deduced that intracystic bodies resulting from meiotic nuclear division are haploid and, after excystation, they are haploids trophozoites, and this process can be called sporogony.
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