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Ministeria marisola Patterson et al., 1993. Cells are spherical, 2-3.5 microns in diameter and have very fine stiff arms radiating out from the cell. The arms vary in length (usually 2-3 times the cell diameter) but are all of the same length on a single cell. Cells were observed to ingest bacteria which stick to the cell surface. Two pseudopodia grow out on either side of the bacterium, meet together, and then contract back pushing the bacterium into the cell. This is one of about 700 species of heterotrophic flagellates reported from marine environments. This information has been compiled by Won Je Lee (then of the School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, A Image copyright: Won-Je Lee, image used under license to MBL (micro*scope).
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Ministeria marisola
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Heterotrophic flagellates of marine habitats
| Description of Ministeria marisola: Cells are spherical, 2-3.5 microns in diameter and have very fine stiff arms radiating out from the cell. The arms vary in length (usually 2-3 times the cell diameter) but are all of the same length on a single cell. Cells were observed to ingest bacteria which stick to the cell surface. Two pseudopodia grow out on either side of the bacterium, meet together, and then contract back pushing the bacterium into the cell. |
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