in vivo with ingested Anabaena
Description:
Portrait of left (ventral) surface of Plagiopyla nasuta (Stein, 1860), a sapropelic plagiopylid ciliate. An ingested trichome (filament) of the cyanobacterium, Anabaena, is seen in a large food vacuole. From bottom sediment of organically enriched standing freshwater near Boise, Idaho. DIC.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- SAR (Stramenopiles, Alveolates, Rhizaria)
- Alveolata (alveolates)
- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Plagiopylea
- Plagiopylida
- Plagiopylidae
- Plagiopyla
- Plagiopyla nasuta
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