In this study, we investigated morphological, immunological and molecular characteristics of
Colpodella sp.(American Type Culture Collection 50594) in a diprotist culture containing
Bodo caudatus as prey using Plasmodium rhoptry specific antibodies and oligonucleotide
primers targeting Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry genes. In culture, Colpodella sp. attached
to its prey using the apical end with attachment lasting for approximately 20 min while the
cytoplasmic contents of the prey were aspirated into the posterior food vacuole of Colpodella …