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Fig. 26: cross section through CV pore

Contractile vacuole pore in face view illustrating the microtubular ribbons (arrowheads) that extend from the pore to the CV (cv) membrane, the coil of microtubules (mt) that surrounds the pore and smaller pellicular pores (pp) that appear in the pellicle-bound chamber into which the CV empties. EM taken on 2/15/72 by R. Allen with Hitachi HU11A TEM. Neg. 19,500X. Bar = 0.5µm.
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