Walker, Spike (2021). CIL:39039, Termitidae, Trichonympha. In Cell Image Library. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6075/J02F7M87

Photomicrograph of a semithin section of a termite's gut stained with haematoxylin and eosin. The gut appears to be packed with Trichonympha - a genus of protists found in the gut of many termite species. These symbiotic flagellates aid the termite in the digestion of cellulose in its food.

• 2021

• Walker, Spike

B0007739 Trichonympha in a section of termite gut. Wellcome Images available under the following creative commons usage http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/

Preparation: chemically fixed tissue
Relation to intact cell: sectioned tissue
Item type: recorded image
Imaging mode: modes of light microscopy
Parameter imaged: absorption of illumination
Source of contrast: differences in adsorption or binding of stain
Visualization methods: hematoxylin; eosin
Processing history: unprocessed raw data

• Termitidae
• Trichonympha

• Flagellum

• Digestion
• Digestive system process

• data
• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Samplenumber: 39039

Doi: https://doi.org/10.6075/J02F7M87

Source data

• Source Record in the Cell Image Library: https://doi.org/10.7295/W9CIL39039

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• Wellcome Collection Images: https://wellcomecollection.org/works

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2022-08-12