Ciliate Image Database

Phylum:    Ciliophora
Subphylum:    Postciliodesmatophora
Class:    Oligohymenophorea

Subclass:    Hymenostomatia
Genus:    Tetrahymena
Species:    thermophila

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Phase contrast image of a vegetative Tetrahymena cell (compressed by Aufderheide rotocompressor) showing the macronucleus (Mac) and the micronucleus (Mic, A). D.I.C. image of a 2 hour conjugating pair just after releasing the micronucleus (B).

Dimensions: Microscopy: Phase contrast Category: General
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