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CIL:24572*  Cite 
Description

A frame from the grouped movie of a Balamuthia mandrillaris ameba within a culture of monkey kidney cells. Accompanying photographs are enlargements of the tips of pseudopodia to demonstrate their flexibility and movement, and a second set of photographs demonstrate the puncture of the plasma membrane of a monkey kidney cell. The first shows an indentation in the cell membrane, the withdrawal of the pseudopodia tip and the subsequent rupture of the membrane in the area indented by the amebic tip. The eventual break in the membrane may have resulted from the release of a proteolytic enzyme. Details of the preparation can be found in CIL:19325.

Biological Sources
NCBI Organism Classification
Balamuthia mandrillaris
Cell Type
cell by organism
eukaryotic cell
Eukaryotic Protist
Amoeboid Protist
Cell Line
RP5
Cellular Component
cell
pseudopodium
Attribution
Names
Thelma Dunnebacke
Citation
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
doi:10.7295/W9CIL24572
Archival Resource Key (ARK)
ark:/b7295/w9cil24572
Grouping This image is part of a group.
Imaging
Image Type
microscopy
in-focus phase contrast
Image Mode
retardance
phase contrast microscopy
Parameters Imaged
boundaries between regions with different refractive index
Source of Contrast
boundaries between regions with different refractive index
Visualization Methods
natural boundaries
Processing History
living tissue
recorded image
charge coupled device (CCD)
Data Qualifiers
raw, unprocessed data
Sample Preparation
Methods
living tissue
Methods
living tissue
whole mounted tissue
Dimensions
Spatial Axis Image Size Pixel Size
X 2272px ——
Y 1704px ——