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Gliding Peranema cell. One thick flagellum pprojects from the front of the cell. There is a second flagellum - but it lies close to the cell surface and can only be seen with careful observation. It is not visible in these two cells. The cell on the surface of the air bubble is seen from side view. Phase contrast microscopy Image by David Patterson Image copyright: D. J. Patterson, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope).

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Peranema trichophorum

From the collection Microbes of Mammoth Lake

Description of Peranema trichophorum: Cells are metabolic and 35 to 50 microns long, have longitudinal pellicular striations around the cell. The anterior end of the cell is slightly pointed and the posterior end is truncated, rounded, or indented. This body is slightly curved and the flagellar pocket is also to the right. The flagellar pocket including the flagellar canal is up to 40 % the length of the cell. The anterior flagellum is as long as the cell, is thick and is directed forward when the cell is moving. The posterior flagellum may be hard to observe, is thin, and tightly adpressed to the cell surface, lying in a narrow longitudinal groove. The ingestion organelle has two rods and is weakly developed. The nucleus is posterior to the centre of the cell. The cells glide in contact with the substratum.

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Peranema trichophorum in other collections

Peranema trichophorum, from Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats	Peranema trichophorum, from Protozoan biomonitors in China	Peranema trichophorum, from Drawings of flagellates	Peranema trichophorum, from Images by Guy Brugerolle	Peranema trichophorum, from Protsville
Peranema trichophorum, from Athens, Georgia, USA	Peranema trichophorum, from Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts	Peranema trichophorum, from Freshwater euglenids - NW Australia	Peranema trichophorum, from Freshwater euglenids - NW Australia	Peranema trichophorum, from Eel Pond, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Peranema trichophorum, from Heterotrophic flagellates of Botany Bay, Sydney, Australia

micro*scope - version 6.0 - March, 2006
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