At this level of the buccal cavity the opening into the cytopharynx is not seen. Pharyngeal vesicles accumulate at the ends of the cytopharyngeal lamellae and are present under the basal bodies of the...

The membranelles of the AZM extending from the ventral side of the oral cavity are largely composed of 2 rows of cilia. A dikinetid of the somatic surface is also present. This dikinetid also has pigm...

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,...

An 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 endocytic ports...

An image that shows the extensive layer of cortical microtubules which lie under the pellicle and many other microtubules and mitochondria that form a mass in the cytosol. Standard glutaraldehyde fixa...

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...

A view of the cytopharynx and its nascent food vacuole forming region. The flattened pharyngeal vesicles that may contain monolayers or bilayers of lipids seem to be equivalent to the discoidal vesicl...

Image of a dikinetid of Euplotes shows the transverse microtubular ribbon as well as a postciliary ribbon extending from the posterior basal body. Vesicles containing electron opaque bodies are typica...

A rare micrograph of the contractile vacuole and intact contractile vacuole pore membrane of Euplotes. Close examination at high magnification reveals the organization of microtubules lining the pore ...