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Vorticella
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CIL:41655
NCBI Organism Classification
Vorticella
Biological Process
myoneme contraction
Cellular Component
stalk
Video showing Vorticella (bell-shaped protozoans), ciliates attached to filamentous alga. The myoneme within the stalks contract with one of the fastest known movements in nature. Images were collecte...
CIL:39325
NCBI Organism Classification
Vorticella microstoma
Biological Process
plasma membrane organization
Cellular Component
plasma membrane
Freeze fracture of the plasma membrane and outer alveolar membrane of the pellicle of V. microstoma. The surface of Vorticella is encircled by rings which follow the septa of underlying alveoli. In th...
CIL:36288
NCBI Organism Classification
Vorticella microstoma
Biological Process
plasma membrane organization
Cellular Component
plasma membrane
This freeze fracture view of the pellicle of V. microstoma near the aboral end of the zooid shows the region where the width of each circumferential alveolus is narrower and thus the strings of fractu...
CIL:36258
NCBI Organism Classification
Vorticella microstoma
Biological Process
plasma membrane organization
Cellular Component
plasma membrane
Freeze fracture of the plasma membrane and outer alveolar membrane of the pellicle of V. microstoma. The surface of Vorticella is encircled by rings which follow the septa of underlying alveoli. In th...
CIL:36275
NCBI Organism Classification
Vorticella microstoma
Biological Process
myofibril contraction
Cellular Component
myofibril
Freeze fracture of Vorticella microstoma. This cell had been placed in a relaxing medium of saturated sodium pyrophosphate plus 0.01M EDTA (Stain Tech. 47:37, 1972) for 3 hours. A myoneme enclosed by ...
CIL:39326
NCBI Organism Classification
Vorticella microstoma
Biological Process
plasma membrane organization
Cellular Component
plasma membrane
This freeze fracture view of the pellicle of V. microstoma near the aboral end of the zooid shows the region where the width of each circumferential alveolus is narrower and thus the strings of fractu...
CIL:39503
NCBI Organism Classification
Vorticella microstoma
Biological Process
myofibril contraction
Cellular Component
myofibril
Freeze fracture of Vorticella microstoma. This cell had been placed in a relaxing medium of saturated sodium pyrophosphate plus 0.01M EDTA (Stain Tech. 47:37, 1972) for 3 hours. A myoneme enclosed by ...
CIL:39508
NCBI Organism Classification
Vorticella convallaria
Biological Process
microtubule basal body organization
Cellular Component
microtubule basal body
The scopula, stalk-forming region, is outlined by a circle of basal bodies that produce short modified cilia. Other basal bodies lie within this circle. The sheath is secreted outside the circle of ci...
CIL:36286
NCBI Organism Classification
Vorticella convallaria
Biological Process
microtubule basal body organization
Cellular Component
microtubule basal body
The scopula, stalk-forming region, is outlined by a circle of basal bodies that produce short modified cilia. Other basal bodies lie within this circle. The sheath is secreted outside the circle of ci...
CIL:36259
NCBI Organism Classification
Vorticella convallaria
Biological Process
cortical cytoskeleton organization
Cellular Component
cell cortex
Mitochondria of Vorticella convallaria like other ciliates, have tubular cristae arising from their inner membranes. However, they also have a bundle of filaments (DNA?) that extend through the center...
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