Giardia peramelis

Hillman, Alison, Ash, Amanda, Elliot, Aileen, Lymbery, Alan, Perez, Catherine & Thompson, R. C. Andrew, 2016, Confirmation of a unique species of Giardia, parasitic in the quenda (Isoodon obesulus), International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 5 (1), pp. 110-115 : 111

2.3. G. peramelis morphological description-cysts

To describe the morphology of G. peramelis cysts, faecal smears were prepared using formalin-preserved faecal samples from eight quenda that were positive for G. peramelis by PCR with sequencing (and not positive for any other species of Giardia ). Smears were examined by bright field and Nomarski differential interference microscopy, using an Olympus BX50 microscope. G. peramelis cysts were photographed at 1000X magnification. ImageJ software (US National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland), was used to measure cyst length and width.