Description
These oxymonad flagellates have a contractile axostyle but no evident attachment apparatus as in Pyrsonympha and Oxymonas. The flagella are not adherent to the cell body except in their proximal part. The two described genera Saccinobaculus and axostyle in Oxymonas showing the interlinked rows of microtubules (bar=O.S 1-Jm). Fig. 4d . Cross section of the rostellum of Oxymonas showing central microtubules and circonvoluted microtubular ribbons at the periphery (arrow) (bar=1 1-Jm). Fig. 4e . Longitudinal section of the rostellum (R) containing microtubules and the holdfast (H) containing microfilaments in Oxymonas. (bar= 1 1-Jm .) Fig . 4f. Cross section of a modified flagellum adhering on gutters on the cell surface of Pyrsonympha (bar=O .S 1-Jm). Photographs from G. Brugerolle . Noti/a live in the gut of the roach Cryptocercus and have sexuality.
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These oxymonad flagellates have a contractile axostyle but no evident attachment apparatus as in Pyrsonympha and Oxymonas. The flagella are not adherent to the cell body except in their proximal part. The two described genera Saccinobaculus and axostyle in Oxymonas showing the interlinked rows of microtubules (bar=O.S 1-Jm). Fig. 4d . Cross section of the rostellum of Oxymonas showing central microtubules and circonvoluted microtubular ribbons at the periphery (arrow) (bar=1 1-Jm). Fig. 4e . Longitudinal section of the rostellum (R) containing microtubules and the holdfast (H) containing microfilaments in Oxymonas. (bar= 1 1-Jm .) Fig . 4f. Cross section of a modified flagellum adhering on gutters on the cell surface of Pyrsonympha (bar=O .S 1-Jm). Photographs from G. Brugerolle . Noti/a live in the gut of the roach Cryptocercus and have sexuality.