amastigote
Any of the bodies representing the morphologic (leishmanial) stage in the life cycle of all trypanosomatid protozoa resembling the typical adult form of members of the genus Leishmania, in which the oval or round cell has a nucleus, kinetoplast, and basal body but lacks a free-flowing flagellum, the flagellum being either very short or entirely absent.
SEEDED workflow status. The source-seeding rules supplied this record; consult its curation history for later attributed changes. This status does not establish human review.
Source attestations
| Source | Label / path | Assertions | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREGO | amastigote | 1 | TAXON |
Broader habitats
- trypanosomoid form
BTO:0000092
Associated taxa
| Taxon | Source | Rank | Pool | Corroborated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Trypanosoma cruzi strain CL Brener NCBITaxon:353153 |
PREGO | 1 | 1 |
Also called
- Leishman-Donovan bodies
- Leishman-Donovan body
- aflagellate form
- aflagellate forms
- amastigotes
- leishmanial form
- leishmanial forms
- micromastigote
- micromastigotes
- spheromastigote
- spheromastigotes