|
Colpoda cucullus (obtained from Cambridge Culture Collection,
Cambridge, England # LB1615/1). Colpoda is a soil ciliate and
is characterized by numerous mucocysts (mu) and food vacuoles
(fv) containing bacteria in various stages of digestion. This
electron micrograph is near the posterior end of the cell and contains
spongiome tubules (spo) of the contractile vacuole. Rows of
cilia cover the cell and basal body/cilium complexes are present as
dikinetids, two complexes in each cortical unit. EM taken on 5/31/69
by R. Allen with Philips 300 TEM. Neg. 5,000X. Bar = 1¦Ìm.
|
