At the same time that the acidosomes fuse with the phagosome, the DV-I membrane, that originated from the discoidal vesicles, is transformed into tubules that are removed from the phagosome. By this p...

By 5-8 minutes the membrane of the DV uniformly labels with the mAb to the L1 antigen that is specific for acidosomes and phagoacidosome (DV-II) membrane. An unlabeled lysosome lies next to the DV-II....

As with acidosome fusion with the DV-I, lysosome fusion with the DV-II also seems to occur nearly all at once resulting in a phagolysosome (DV-III) with a highly irregular surface. However, unlike the...

Sections show the origin of one cytopharyngeal ribbon of 12 microtubules from the nodes and show the tight curve the ribbon follows over the cytostomal cord. These ribbons move discoidal vesicles, aci...

Single microtubules extend into the cytoplasm from the tips of the cytoproct ridge. These are thought to come to lie along the surface of the approaching DV-IV and to pull the ridge down against the D...

11 micrographs of views of a serially-sectioned contracted Vorticella convallaria cell that show the main features of this cell. This figure shows 5 food vacuoles and the edges of 2 more. The connecti...

Sections show the origin of one cytopharyngeal ribbon of 12 microtubules from the nodes and show the tight curve the ribbon follows over the cytostomal cord. These ribbons move discoidal vesicles, aci...

Higher magnification of acidosomes docked at the nascent digestive vacuole membrane. The E-fracture face is relatively IMP free while the P-fracture face has many large IMPs as well as some sizable pi...

At the same time that the acidosomes fuse with the phagosome, the DV-I membrane, that originated from the discoidal vesicles, is transformed into tubules that are removed from the phagosome. By this p...

By 5-8 minutes the membrane of the DV uniformly labels with the mAb to the L1 antigen that is specific for acidosomes and phagoacidosome (DV-II) membrane. An unlabeled lysosome lies next to the DV-II....