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Fig. 47: detail of early phagolysosome membrane

The entire membrane of the phagolysosome does appear to have been changed into that similar to the lysosome membrane which bears a thick glycocalyx (polysaccharide coat) and no longer appears to be like the phagoacidosome which does not have a thick glycocalyx. As no patches of acidosome-like membrane remain it can be assumed that the acidosome-like membrane has been removed. Fibrous material (arrows) lines the cytosolic side of the early DV-III similar to that found at docking sites between the lysosomes and the DV-II (see Fig. 40). EM taken on 3/28/80 by R. Allen with Hitachi HU11A TEM. Neg. 18,000X. Bar = 0.2µm.
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