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DAPI fluorescence

Image of Lepocinclis oxyuris

Description:

Euglena oxyuris (you-glean-a ox-ee-your-is), is a moderate to large euglena, with a stiff pellicle that has well developed ridges. Flagella can be short. Although it can squirm it is not very actively metabolic. With large numbers of small plastids. This cell has been stained with DAPI, a dye which binds to DNA and fluoresces blue-white. It reveals the large nucleus - bottom right. Fluorescence.

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David Patterson and Mark Farmer
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