helicoidal arrangement
Description:
The cyst wall of Actinophrys has a helicoidal layer. Helicoids are used widely in biology, from the chromosomes of dinoflagellates to the body wall of nematodes. They provide flexibility and strength. They look like this when sectioned. Of course, this is not a picture of helicoids in Actinophrys, but of a cobble-stone road somewhere in France.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Stramenopiles (heterokont)
- Oomycota (oomycetes)
- Actinophryida
- Actinophrys
- Actinophrys sol
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