Macronucleus and micronucleus (arrowhead)
Description:
Nuclear apparatus of Kuklikophrya ougandae (DRAGESCO, 1972) FOISSNER, 1993. The more densely stained micronucleus (arrowhead) is attached to the macronucleus and may lie within its nuclear membrane. A similar arrangement is seen in the genus Rostrophrya.Stained by the silver carbonate technique (see Foissner, W. Europ. J. Protistol., 27:313-330;1991). Collected from an organically enriched temporary freshwater pool near Boise, Idaho. May 2006.Brightfield.
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- Ciliophora (ciliates)
- Intramacronucleata
- Colpodea
- Cyrtolophosidida
- Woodruffiidae
- Kuklikophrya
- Kuklikophrya ougandae
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