Coleps hirtus (Cambridge Culture Collection, Cambridge,
England, catalog # LB1656/1). Transmission electron micrograph (EM) of
barrel-shaped cell. Coleps has a few rows of cilia and the cell
is covered with calcified polysaccharide platelets that are housed
within the alveoli. In this EM the platelets are absent as they had
been dissolved during preparation for electron microscopy. mac,
macronucleus; fv, food vacuole; vac, large empty
vacuole. EM taken on 5/23/69 by R. Allen with Philips 300 TEM. Neg.
3,120X. Bar = 2µm.
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