A high resolution image of the transition from basal bodies to cilia within a portion of one of the oral membranelles of Euplotes. Parasomal sacs occur between the rows of basal bodies although these ...

The detail of the three fibers supporting a basal body. A striated kinetodesmal fiber extends anteriorly from the basal body, a postciliary microtubular ribbon extends posteriorly and a transverse mic...

Detail of cell surface structures. The cell is covered by the plasma membrane and outer alveolar sac membrane which is separated from the inner alveolar sac membrane by an extensive alveolar space. Ci...

Didinium has two bands of ciliated basal bodies that encircle the cell, one adorally and one aborally. The bands are composed of groups of approximately 15 ciliated basal bodies. This section is a lon...

Colpoda is a soil ciliate and this micrograph is characterized by numerous mucocysts and food vacuoles containing bacteria in various stages of digestion. This electron micrograph is near the posterio...

A tangential section through the cell’s surface show the pairs of basal bodies in cross section. The ends of kinetodesmal fibers point anteriorly in the cell, the postciliary ribbons arise from the ...

A glancing view of the cortex of Conchophthirus reveals details of cortical structure. This includes the nature of the cell membrane and the alveolar membranes that reside immediately below the surfac...

A high resolution image that shows a dikinetid which is set in a shallow basin in the cell surface. The pair of basal bodies have a proximal cartwheel and a dense septum (not found in most bbs) just d...

A high resolution image of the undulating membrane showing that it is composed of two rows of basal bodies but only the outer row is ciliated. Both basal bodies are fully formed but only the ciliated ...

Basal body formation occurs most prominently in the equatorial region of the predivision cell. A new basal body begins to develop perpendicular to the mature basal body at its proximal anterior surfac...