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Fig. 5: postoral microtubular bundles

The postoral microtubular bundles form a track along which a newly released food vacuole rapidly migrates to the cell’s posterior end. Here the flattened cytopharyngeal membrane lies next to these bundles. ac, acidosome. EM taken on 2/29/80 by R. Allen with Hitachi HU11A TEM. Neg. 12,250X. Bar = 0.5µm.
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