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. 1988 Mar;56(3):705-7.
doi: 10.1128/iai.56.3.705-707.1988.

Small-intestinal factors promote encystation of Giardia lamblia in vitro

F D Gillin  1 , D S Reiner, S E Boucher
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Small-intestinal factors promote encystation of Giardia lamblia in vitro

F D Gillin et al. Infect Immun. 1988 Mar.

Abstract

Bile salts and fatty acids stimulated differentiation of cultured Giardia lamblia trophozoites into water-resistant cysts at the slightly alkaline pH of the small intestinal lumen. Maximum encystation occurred at pH 7.8. Thus, specific small-intestinal factors may influence encystation in vivo as well as in vitro.

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