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Fig. 12: oral region with rod and filaments attached to basal body, lamellae and mucocysts

Attachment of a bundle of filaments (fil) and a rod at the density that covers the proximal end of the basal body (bb). A layer of filaments (f) underlies the corrugated lips. Lamellae extend from the lips. ps, parasomal sac; disc, discoidal vesicle; mu, mucocyst; ee, early endosome; tox, toxicyst. EM taken on 5/28/69 by R. Allen with Philips 300 TEM. Neg. 14,800X. Bar = 0.5µm.
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