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CIL:40553*  Cite 
Description

The nascent phagosome membrane has a dense coat of acidosomes docked at its cytosolic surface well before the nascent vacuole pinches off the cytopharynx. This micrograph is a quick-freeze deep-etch image of a transverse section through the posterior portion of the buccal cavity with a nascent vacuole bulging from the cytopharynx. Living cells were spun down in a centrifuge and a slurry of cells was mounted on a copper support before slam freezing the living cells against a highly polished copper surface. Some paramecia had been disrupted and this cell was feeding on the particulate organelles of the disrupted cells. Thus the nascent vacuole contains these particles amassed against its luminal surface. The cilia in the buccal cavity obviously efficiently sweep the particles against the dorsal posterior surface. TEM taken on 5/26/92 by R. Allen with Zeiss 10A operating at 80kV. Neg. 4,000X. Bar = 1µm. Published in J. Cell Sci. 106:411-422, 1993. Adapted with permission.

Technical Details

The raw negative was scanned with an Epson Perfection V750 Pro and this high resolution image is best used for quantitative analysis. Additional information available at (http://www5.pbrc.hawaii.edu/allen/).

Biological Sources
NCBI Organism Classification
Paramecium multimicronucleatum
Cell Type
cell by organism
eukaryotic cell
Eukaryotic Protist
Ciliated Protist
Cellular Component
pre-autophagosomal structure membrane
vesicle membrane
oral apparatus
Biological Context
Biological Process
oral apparatus organization
membrane to membrane docking
Attribution
Names
Richard Allen (University of Hawaii)
Published
J Cell Sci. 1993 Sep;106 ( Pt 1):411-22.
Published
8270639
Citation
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
doi:10.7295/W9CIL40553
Archival Resource Key (ARK)
ark:/b7295/w9cil40553
Grouping This image is part of a group.
Imaging
Image Type
transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
illumination by electrons
Image Mode
electron density
Parameters Imaged
elastic scattering of electrons
electron density
elevation
Source of Contrast
differences in deposition of metal shadow
Visualization Methods
transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Processing History
freeze_fracture/freeze_etch
shadowing and plating
recorded image
film
Data Qualifiers
raw, unprocessed data
suitable for spatial measurements
Dimensions
Spatial Axis Image Size Pixel Size
X 4000px 2nm
Y 3689px 2nm