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Title: CIL:36637, Paramecium multimicronucleatum, cell by organism, eukaryotic cell, Eukaryotic Protist, Ciliated Protist
Creator: Allen, Richard
Contributor: Allen, Richard
Date Created and/or Issued: 2021
Contributing Institution: UC San Diego, Research Data Curation Program
Collection: Cell Image Library
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Description: Like other cells Paramecium has peroxisomes. These organelles are usually smaller than mitochondria and have a granular appearance and contain a few tubular-like inclusions. These tubules have not been conclusively shown to be continuous with the single limiting membrane of this organelle. In this case the peroxisome has a microtubule lying along its surface. This cell was exposed to HRP for 30 seconds and then chased in HRP-free medium for 3 minutes. The subsequent incubating with hydrogen peroxidase and diaminobenzidine resulted in an electron opaque reaction product in the peroxisomes not because they took in HRP but because the peroxisomes contain large amounts of catalase that results in the reduction of hydrogen peroxidase. HRP can only enter the living cell by endocytosis, phagocytosis, when trichocysts are discharged, at the open cytoproct or when a CV opens. TEM taken on 6/13/79 by R. Allen with Hitachi HU11A operating at 75kV. Neg. 22,500X. Bar = 0.25µm.
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Allen, Richard (2021). CIL:36637, Paramecium multimicronucleatum, cell by organism, eukaryotic cell, Eukaryotic Protist, Ciliated Protist. In Cell Image Library. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6075/J0R49PQR
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Identifier: ark:/20775/bb29424832
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Organelle organization
Cytoplasm organization
Peroxisome organization
Eukaryotic Protist
Eukaryotic cell
Ciliated Protist
Cell by organism
Cytoplasm
Peroxisome
Paramecium multimicronucleatum

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