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Microtubules Beneath the Pellicles of Two Ciliate Protozoa As Seen With the Sem
Author(s) -
GRIM J. NORMAN,
HALCROW KENNETH R.,
HARSHBARGER ROBERT D.
Publication year - 1980
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.1550-7408.1980.tb04262.x
Subject(s) - ciliate , protozoa , microtubule , tetrahymena , tetrahymena pyriformis , biology , biophysics , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology
SYNOPSIS. Chemical procedures remove some of the outer 3 limiting membranes of 2 ciliate protozoa, Euplotes eurystomus and Tetrahymena pyriformis , and reveal sheets of microtubules in their ectoplasm for SEM study. This greatly enhances the analysis of the 3‐dimensional geometry of these sheets, as is shown especially for E. eurystomus. In this organism, sheets of microtubules can readily be observed and described as they course through or around parts of the oral apparatus and other 3‐dimensionally complex regions.