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Description

Freeze fracture of the plasma membrane and outer alveolar membrane of the pellicle of V. microstoma. The surface of Vorticella is encircled by rings which follow the septa of underlying alveoli. In this fracture one can see the fractured necks of the continuities between the outer and inner alveolar membranes (latter not visible). The outer alveolar membrane has many prominent IMPs on its P-fracture face. Septal pores extend between the continuities, thus the alveoli are all interconnected. The E-fracture face of the plasma membrane has only a moderate number of prominent IMPs compared to its P face. TEM taken on 11/11/75 by R. Allen with JEM 100B operating at 80kV. Neg. 14,579X. The raw negative was scanned with an Epson Perfection V750 Pro and this high resolution image is best used for quantitative analysis. Additional information available at (http://www5.pbrc.hawaii.edu/allen/).

Biological Sources
NCBI Organism Classification
Vorticella microstoma
Cell Type
cell by organism
eukaryotic cell
Eukaryotic Protist
Ciliated Protist
Cellular Component
plasma membrane
cell cortex
cell cortex part
pellicle
Biological Context
Biological Process
plasma membrane organization
Attribution
Names
Richard Allen (University of Hawaii)
Citation
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
doi:10.7295/W9CIL39325
Archival Resource Key (ARK)
ark:/b7295/w9cil39325
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Imaging
Image Type
transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
illumination by electrons
Image Mode
electron density
Parameters Imaged
elastic scattering of electrons
electron density
elevation
Source of Contrast
differences in deposition of metal shadow
Visualization Methods
transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
Processing History
freeze_fracture/freeze_etch
shadowing and plating
recorded image
film
Data Qualifiers
raw, unprocessed data
suitable for spatial measurements
Dimensions
Spatial Axis Image Size Pixel Size
X 4368px 1nm
Y 5937px 1nm