cytopharyngeal folds
Description:
A view of the cytopharynx but in a dividing Didinium. This cytopharynx is in the proter (anterior) daughter cell. The lamellae, each consisting of a set of perpendicularly arranged microtubules (mt), cover this food-vacuole forming region. Vesicles (ves) lie near the cytopharyngeal membrane and fuse with the membrane (arrows). EM taken on 5/20/69 by R. Allen with Philips 300 TEM. Neg. 6,370X. Bar = 1 micron.This image is available in Richard Allen's collection.
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Litostomatea
- Haptoria
- Haptorida
- Didiniidae
- Didinium
- Didinium nasutum
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