Ciliate Image Database

Phylum:    Ciliophora
Subphylum:    Intramacronucleata
Class:    Oligohymenophorea

Subclass:    Hymenostomatia
Genus:    Tetrahymena
Species:    thermophila

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This image shows a deciliated Tetrahymena cell. Note the ciliary rows with broken-off stubs of cilia, and also the oral apparatuses with undulating membranes (viewer's left) and membranelles (viewer's right). This image also shows an early oral field posterior to the oral apparatus. This image has been published [E.M. Nelsen & J. Frankel, Development 105, 457-471 (1989)].

Dimensions: Microscopy: Scanning EM Category: General
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Coding for the web: Peter Friesen.
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