CIL:34727, Tetrahymena pyriformis, cell by organism, eukaryotic cell, Eukaryotic Protist, Ciliated Protist. In Cell Image Library

A high resolution image of a longitudinal microtubular ribbon sandwiched between the alveoli and the epiplasm in the crest of the pellicular ridge. A parasomal sac, the distal end of basal body, the proximal end of cilium, a mucocyst, and mitochondrion are all visible in this micrograph. TEM taken on 1/12/71 by M. Aihara with Hitachi HU11A operating at 75kV. Neg. 17,000X. The raw film was scanned with an Epson Perfection V750 Pro. This image is best used for quantitative analysis.