CIL:25898, uncultured scuticociliate, Conchophthirus curtus, cell by organism, eukaryotic cell, Eukaryotic Protist, Ciliated Protist. In Cell Image Library

A glancing view of the cortex of Conchophthirus reveals details of cortical structure. This includes the nature of the cell membrane and the alveolar membranes that reside immediately below the surface; fibrillar and microtubular structures that support this ciliated cell, and in the case of Conchophthirus, the cortical mitochondria that may represent a single mitochondrion that has finger-like extensions that lie immediately between the rows of basal bodies and are independent of more typical vesicular mitochondria that reside in the inner cytoplasm. The negative magnification is 19,000X. The raw film was scanned with an Epson Perfection V750 Pro. This image is best used for quantitative analysis. Standard glutaraldehyde fixation followed by osmium tetroxide, dehydrated in alcohol and embedded in an epoxy resin. Microtome sections prepared at approximately 65nm thickness. For greater detail see:Antipa, G. A. 1971. Structural differentiation in the somatic cortex of a ciliated protozoan, Conchophthirus curtus Engelmann, 1862. Protistologica 7:47l-501.对斜管虫属（Conchophthirus）虫体皮层的电镜概览观察，揭示了其皮层结构的多项细节。该细节涵盖细胞膜的特性与紧贴皮层表面下方的泡膜（alveolar membranes）；支撑该纤毛虫细胞的纤维状结构与微管结构；此外针对斜管虫属，其皮层线粒体疑似为单个带有指状突起的线粒体，该突起恰好位于基体（basal bodies）列之间，且与位于胞质内层的典型囊泡状线粒体相互独立。该负片的放大倍数为19000倍。原始胶片经由爱普生（Epson）Perfection V750 Pro扫描仪完成数字化扫描。本图像最适用于定量分析工作。样品制备采用标准流程：经戊二醛固定、四氧化锇后固定，乙醇梯度脱水，环氧树脂包埋；最终使用超薄切片机切取厚度约65nm的切片。如需获取更详尽的研究细节，请参考：Antipa, G. A. 1971. 纤毛虫原生动物躯体皮层的结构分化——短斜管虫（Conchophthirus curtus Engelmann, 1862）. 《Protistologica》7:471-501.