A merozoite is a daughter cell of protozoanparasites. Merozoites are the result of asexual reproduction (schizogony, merogony). – In coccidiosis merozoites form the first phase of the internal life cycle of coccidian. In biology, a daughter cell is either one of the two cells that are formed when mitosis occurs in a cell. ... Protozoa (in Greek protos = first and zoon = animal) are single-celled creatures with nuclei that show some characteristics usually associated with animals, most notably mobility and heterotrophy. ... A parasite is an organism that lives in or on the living tissue of a host organism at the expense of it. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Asexual reproduction of plants. ... Merogony is a word with two biological meanings: Merogony is an asexual replication process used by some Protozoan parasites that increases the number of infective cells by multiple fission. ...
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Merozoites are released from an infected erythrocyte, and after a short period in the plasma, bind to and invade new erythrocytes.
Several proteases expressed in the merozoite and trophozoite fractions, and not involved in haemoglobin digestion, may be important in parasite release at the end of schizogony, invasion of the new cell, or merozoite protein processing.
Merozoites were prepared essentially as described in ref. 36, using highly synchronized schizonts and purifying the merozoites by passage through membrane filters.
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