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Description:
The anterior is upper left. The sark sausage-like structure in the cell is the macronucleus and two associated micronuclei are also visible. The posterior structure is the contractile vacuole. The body is evenly coated with cilia. Phase contrast microscopy.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Prostomatea
- Prorodontida
- Prorodontidae
- Prorodon
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