| individual oocysts of isospora (apicomplexa: coccidia) parasites from avian feces: from photo to sequence. | numerous microscopic studies of coccidian oocysts from avian feces have become the basis for species identification. in contrast, molecular studies of wild birds' coccidia are still in their infancy and are mostly based on dna extracted from the blood stages of these parasites. linking microscopic and molecular data requires a method that reliably extracts dna from single oocysts with parallel detailed morphological examination of the same cell. we offer a thorough manual of isolating, photograp ... | 2009 | 19245285 |