CIL:36784, Paramecium caudatum, cell by organism, eukaryotic cell, Eukaryotic Protist, Ciliated Protist. CIL. Dataset

NCBI Organism:Paramecium caudatum; Cell Types:cell by organism, eukaryotic cell, , ; Cell Components:oral apparatus, coated pit, vesicle membrane; Biological process:digestion, digestive system process;

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Description

This micrograph shows that the discoidal vesicles meet the cytopharyngeal membrane edge-on where they fuse. Besides the ribbon of 12 microtubules abutting the membrane there is a second small ribbon of 2 or 3 microtubules lying against the cytopharyngeal membrane on the posterior side of each ribbon. This narrow ribbon does not curve away from the membrane but remains close to the membrane and its termination marks the boundary line between the cytopharynx and the nascent vacuole membrane. TEM taken on 7/27/73 by R. Allen with Hitachi HU11A operating at 75kV. Neg. 12,750X. Bar = 0.5µm. Published in J. Cell Biol. 63:904-922, 1974. Adapted with permission.

Technical Details

Standard glutaraldehyde fixation followed by osmium tetroxide, dehydrated in alcohol and embedded in an epoxy resin. Microtome sections prepared at approximately 75nm thickness. The negative was printed to paper and the image was scanned to Photoshop. This digitized image is available for qualitative analysis. There is a high resolution version of this image in the library (CIL:39168) which is available for quantitative analysis. Additional information available at (http://www5.pbrc.hawaii.edu/allen/).

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