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ULTRASTRUCTURE OF THE FLAGELLA OF THE COLORLESS PHAGOTROPH PERANEMA TRICHOPHORUM (EUGLENOPHYCEAE).II. FLAGELLAR ROOTS 1
Author(s) -
Hilenski Lula L.,
Walne Patricia L.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1985.00125.x
Subject(s) - basal body , flagellate , biology , endoplasmic reticulum , ultrastructure , flagellum , fibril , anatomy , biophysics , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , paleontology , bacteria
Peranema trichophorum (Ehrenberg) Stein, a colorless phagotrophic euglenoid flagellate, has a typically euglenoid microtubular root complement. Striated root components, relatively uncommon in euglenoids, are connected to the basal bodies and to a microtubular root. The flagellar system of Peranema consists of three unequal microtubular roots which extend anteriorly beneath the reservoir membrane, and narrow‐band striated roots (periodicity = 29–33 nm) which connect one of the four basal bodies to the movable rodorgan of the feeding apparatus. An inter basal body striated fiber forms a three‐way connection between one particular microtubular root, a flagellar basal body, and the striated roots. A striated fibril (periodicity = 18–25 nm), which may be an extension of the striated root system, extends beneath the reservoir membrane. Associated with the striated fibril and the striated roots are cisternae of smooth endoplasmic reticulum.