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Title
CIL:12330, Euplotes sp., 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
Rights Information
Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be used without prior permission.
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Description
Euplotes sp. (eurystomus ?) is a hypotrich. This ciliate has a few rows of dorsal cilia as well as specialized clumps of cilia called cirri on its ventral side and a complex of membranelles involved in feeding called the adoral zone of membranelles. The cell is flattened dorso-ventrally. This electron micrograph is a longitudinal section dividing dorsal from ventral parts of the cell and exposing the oral cavity, the thread-like macronucleus, the extended contractile vacuole, contractile vacuole pore, and a large assortment of food vacuoles many of which contained material that was lost during sectioning leaving holes in the section. The cytopharynx and nascent food vacuole along with the discoidal (pharyngeal) vesicles are also seen. TEM taken on 8/3/67 by R. Allen with Philips 200 operating at 60kV. Neg. 1,370X. Bar = 5µm. Standard glutaraldehyde fixation followed by osmium tetroxide, dehydrated in alcohol, and embedded in an epoxy resin. Microtome sections prepared at approximately 75nm thickness. A print of the negative was scanned and processed in Photoshop. This image is best used for qualitative analysis. A high resolution version of this image is in the library (CIL:38867) and is available for quantitative analysis. Additional information is available at (http://www5.pbrc.hawaii.edu/allen/).
Research Data Curation Program, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/rdcp)
Allen, Richard (2021). CIL:12330, Euplotes sp., 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/J0N29W23
Type
image
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb46829791
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Cytoplasm organization
Euplotes sp. from Carolina Biological Supply
Macronucleus organization
Ciliary or flagellar motility
Cell by organism
Food vacuole
Macronucleus
Cilium
Eukaryotic cell
Contractile vacuole
Eukaryotic Protist
Cytopharynx
Cytoplasm
Ciliated Protist
Euplotes sp
Cell Image Library Group ID: 9836

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