Hello.
Trypanosomes are known for their pleomorphism. So, morphology is not the best choice for species ID.
The best way to identify a species is running molecular analysis of SSU (maybe the hypervariable region v7v8 will be the best choice).
Also, if your species is new you should add gGAPDH analysis.
Alyssa Borges, Hello Thank you for your feedback to my question. Molecular analysis is out of reach for me for now.I will do it later on. Is it okay if i report Trypanosomes spp instead of being specific?
@Nancy Mulwa
It depends of your goal, but usually yes. Papers without species ID are usually more "basic". I published a paper without species ID and you can check it in my profile.
I agree with Nancy, because if you have a high quality smear stained with giensa, the location of kinetoplast may give you an enough for identify species
Hi, Hector.
The kinetoplast position is useful to identify the developmental stage, not the species.
Ikhlas Abbas Marhoon , Thank you for the link. I have checked it out.
@ Alyssa Borges, thank you.
I think with quality smears it is possible.
Thank you everyone for your thoughts.
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