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Fig. 6: peroxisome and tangential view of dikinetid

A tangential view through a dikinetid shows two (pc mt and tr mt) microtubular ribbons extending toward the pellicle, one from each basal body, and how they overlap with ribbons from other basal bodies under the pellicle. The peroxisome (per) has one membrane but is filled with numerous tiny circular profiles that may represent tiny tubules. These tubules are much smaller than the membranous cristae in the mitochondria and are more probably proteinaceous in composition. EM taken on 6/3/69 by R. Allen with Philips 300 TEM. Neg. 14,800X. Bar = 0.5µm.
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