Antipa, Gregory (2021). CIL:40906, uncultured scuticociliate, Conchophthirus curtus, cell by organism, eukaryotic cell, Eukaryotic Protist, Ciliated Protist. In Cell Image Library. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6075/J08G8K2Q

Conchophthirus was deciliated by calcium ion shock followed by shearing through a micropipette. This revealed the location of the deciliated basal bodies and the cell's surface architecture. In this image of the left side ciliaturethe thigmotactic ciliature is revealed at the suture line. Also note that, when zoomed in, in this preparation the clathrin coated pits, which are normally an invagination into the cytoplasm have everted following the deciliation procedure, to form a small evagination anterior to the stubb of each deciliated basal body. For more information see: Antipa, G. A. and Small, E. B. 1971. A redescription of Conchophthirus curtus Engelmann, 1862 (Protozoa, Ciliatea). J. Protozool. 18:491-503. This micrograph was taken in 1968 by G. Antipa on a Cambridge Mark IIA operating at 20kV. The negative magnification is 1060X. The raw film was scanned with an Epson Perfection V750 Pro. This image is available for quantitative analysis.

• 2021

• Antipa, Gregory

Preparation: shadowing and plating; chemically fixed tissue; lyophilized specimen; Parducz fixative; Au/Pd metal sputter-coat
Relation to intact cell: whole mounted tissue
Item type: recorded image
Imaging mode: illumination by electrons; secondary_electron imaging
Parameter imaged: illumination by electrons; secondary electron generation; secondary_electron imaging
Source of contrast: detection of electrons
Visualization methods: Deciliation
Processing history: recorded image; film
Data qualification: Raw;spatialmeasurements

• Cell Image Library Group ID: 11663

• Conchophthirus curtus
• Uncultured scuticociliate

• Caudal cilia
• Cell by organism
• Ciliated Protist
• Cilium
• Coated pit
• Eukaryotic cell
• Eukaryotic Protist

• Cortical cytoskeleton organization

• data
• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Samplenumber: 40906

Doi: https://doi.org/10.6075/J08G8K2Q

Source data

• Source Record in the Cell Image Library: https://doi.org/10.7295/W9CIL40906

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