encystation

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en·cyst

(ĕn-sĭst′)

v. en·cyst·ed, en·cyst·ing, en·cysts

v.tr.

To enclose in or as if in a cyst.

v.intr.

To take the form of or become enclosed in a cyst.

en·cyst′ment, en′cys·ta′tion n.

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Encystation occurring in the viscera namely the liver, spleen or gonads causing severe pathologic changes in the adjacent tissue (Paperna, 1974).

Light and Scanning Electron Microscopic Studies on Eustrongylides exciscus Larvae (Nematoda: Dioctophmida) from Channa punctatus Bloch from India

Specific bacteria encystation gene primers were utilized to detect the Bacillus anthracis DNA.

The DNA of Bacteria of the World Ocean and the Earth in Cosmic Dust at the International Space Station

histolytica have demonstrated that berberine sulfate is rapidly amoebicidal and causes encystation, degeneration, and eventual lysis of the trophozoite forms (Subbaiah and Amin, 1967).

In vivo anticoccidial activity of berberine [18, 5,6-dihydro-9,10- dimethoxybenzo(g)-1,3-benzodioxolo(5,6-a) quinolizinium]--an isoquinoline alkaloid present in the root bark of Berberis lycium

Bowman G, 2007, "Israel's wall and the logic of encystation: sovereign exception or wild sovereignty?" Focaal 50 127-135

The making of a void sovereignty: political implications of the military checkpoints in the West Bank

In culture, trophozoites are able to complete cycles of division, encystation, and excystation.

Proteases from entamoeba spp. and pathogenic free-living amoebae as virulence factors

pneumophila and eliminated them through the process of encystation (14).

Legionella pneumophila in rainwater on roads

The fractured structure of microcellular region is surrounded by this solid boundary layer, as exemplified in the boundary layer encystation in Fig.