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 ...

Five rows of clavate cilia that reside just below the anterior ciliary girdle of Didinium nasutum. This micrograph also shows a partial view of the pectinelle rows of the anterior girdle of cilia. The...

A high resolution image of an individual cirrus of Euplotes with 91 cilia/basal body complexes. The transition from basal body to cilium can be followed from right to left in each row. Small vesicles,...

The proximal ends of the basal bodies of a cirrus are embedded in a perforated plate of electron opaque material. Microtubules arise from this opaque material. A secondary fretwork of connections bind...

An individual cirrus of Euplotes with 91 cilia/basal body complexes. The transition from basal body to cilium can be followed from right to left in each row. Small vesicles, many containing electron o...

A high resolution micrograph of the locomotor cortex of Didinium. A longitudinal section reveals the basal bodies and the axonemes of cilia as they emerge from the cell cortex of Didinium. Bundles of ...

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...

A high resolution image of the cilia of a membranelle of the AZM (adoral zone of membranelles) have well defined doublets, singlets and dynein arms as well as spokes. Euplotes has a plasma membrane wh...

An oblique section shows the transverse aspect of basal bodies/cilia within one pectinelle of one of the two ciliary girdles of Didinium. Two ribbons of microtubules and a short kinetodesmal fiber ari...

Didinium nasutum showing the two prominent girdles of cilia in full metachronous beat. If you look at higher magnification you will see the occasional short, blunt clavate cilia. These are known to no...