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Image of Pseudotrichomonas

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Pseudotrichomonas (sue-dough-trick-owe-moan-ass) one of the very few free-living trichomonad flagellates. With four unequal flagella arising near the anterior apex of the cell, and with an axostyle which emerges at the back of the cell. One flagellum usually forming an undulating membrane, although that is not evident here. Phase contrast.

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David Patterson, Linda Amaral Zettler, Mike Peglar and Tom Nerad
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