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Electron Microscopic Studies on the Basal Apparatus of the Flagellum in the Protozoon, Leishmania donovani
Author(s) -
PYNE C. K.,
CHAKRABORTY J.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1958.tb02564.x
Subject(s) - kinetoplast , flagellum , biology , flagellate , leishmania donovani , ultrastructure , basal body , crithidia , kinetoplastida , appendage , electron microscope , centriole , leishmania , anatomy , basal plate (neural tube) , protozoa , microbiology and biotechnology , parasite hosting , leishmaniasis , visceral leishmaniasis , paleontology , bacteria , protozoal disease , dna , malaria , world wide web , computer science , optics , genetics , fetus , immunology , pregnancy , physics , placenta
SYNOPSIS. The basal apparatus of the flagella and kinetoplast in Leishmania donovani have been studied with the electron microscope. The flagellar fibrils extend into the body of the protozoan to form the kinetosome. At the point of origin of the flagellum, the pellicle invaginates to form a kinetosomal vacuole around the kinetosome. The kinetoplast is formed by a transversely elongated banded structure, surrounded at some distance by a double layered kinetoplast membrane. There is no apparent connection between the kinetosome and the kinetoplast.