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Description

Movie of portion of a hypermastigote symbiont from the hindgut of a wood eating cockroach. The rootlets and flagella are birefringent and the beating flagella are clearly seen with the polarizing microscope, used here with compensator.

Biological Sources

Cellular Component: flagella

Biological Context

Biological Process: ciliary or flagellar motility

Attribution

Names: Shinya Inoue
Published: S. Inoue 2008 Collected Works of Shinya Inoue. World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, Hackensack, NJ, USA

Citation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi:10.7295/W9CIL11955
Archival Resource Key (ARK): ark:/b7295/w9cil11955

Imaging

Image Type: recorded image
Image Mode: polarization microscopy
Parameters Imaged: retardance
Source of Contrast: form birefringence
Visualization Methods: visualization of contiguous regions
Data Qualifiers: processed data

Sample Preparation

Methods: living tissue
Relation To Intact Cell: whole mounted tissue

Dimensions

Spatial Axis	Image Size	Pixel Size
X	704px	——
Y	480px	——