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Ultrastructure of the Somatic and Buccal Cortex of the Tetrahymenine Hymenostome Glaucoma chattoni
Author(s) -
PECK ROBERT K.
Publication year - 1978
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.1550-7408.1978.tb04394.x
Subject(s) - ultrastructure , anatomy , microtubule , buccal administration , biology , cortex (anatomy) , somatic cell , neuroscience , microbiology and biotechnology , bioinformatics , biochemistry , gene
SYNOPSIS The membranes, epiplasm, and fiber systems are described in the somatic cortex of Glaucoma chattoni strain HZ‐1. Kinetodesmal fibers, postciliary and transverse microtubular ribbons, basal microtubules, transverse fibers and transverse accessory material are associated with kinetosomes. Longitudinal microtubular ribbons and mitochondria occur interkinetally. In the buccal cortex, the membranes, epiplasm and fibers of the 3 membranelles, the paroral kinety, the ribbed wall, and the cytostome are described. Comparisons between G. chattoni and other ciliates reveal ultrastructural differences of possible systematic significance. In the somatic cortex of this and other tetrahymenines. Iongitudinal microtubular ribbons and basal microtubules occur concurrently. In the buccal cortex, alveoli are absent in tetrahymenine membranelles. A table is presented of the fiber systems associated with single somatic kinetosomes of various ciliates whose cortical ultrastructure has been studied to date.