 |
| A collecting canal (col) of the contractile vacuole when the CV (not visible) is in systole (expelling phase). ss, smooth spongiome; ds, decorated spongiome. (For an extensive discussion of the CV complex see P. multimicronucleatum Chapter 9 on this website.) EM taken on 6/30/69 by R. Allen with Philips 300 TEM. Neg. 14,800X. Bar = 0.5µm. Published in part in Poste and Nicolson (eds.) Membrane Fusion, Elsevier/North Holland Biomed. Press, p.747, 1978. |
| Download High Resolution TIF Image (3.1 MB) |