Two stocks (M 5, M 2 9 ) of trypanosomes of the subgenus Schizotrypanum were isolated from the bat Phylloslomus hastatus and analyzed for cell electrophoretic mobility (EPM) and lectin binding surface sites. Epimastigotes from the M 5 and M 2 9 stocks presented a mean EPM of around -0 .5 7 and -0 .5 6 μm, s-1.V-1.cm, respectively. Differences in the agglutination profiles were detected between epimastigotes or trypomastigotes from the two parasite populations using lectins with specificity for D-GlcNAc, D-GalNAc, D-Gal and D-Man as probe. Major variation w as observed between epimastigote forms. Additionally, the D -GlcNAc binding lectins W G A and BS II strongly interacted with the trypomastigote from both M 5 and M 2 9 stocks; this fact is evidence that these trypanosomes are distinct from Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi.
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