Journals / Turkish Journal of Zoology / 1998 / Cilt: 23 - Sayı: EK1

The Electron Microscopic Structures of the Two Ciliated Species Living Endocommensally in the Digestive System of Rana ridibunda (AMPHIBIA-ANURA)

Pages
317–328
DOI
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Abstract

In this study ultrastructures of Balantidium elongatum and B.duodeni obtained from the digestive system of Rana ridibunda have been examined. In addition to the kinetodesmal fibril and microtubular fibrils orijinating from each kinetosome, a vacuolar zone, microtubular bundles and other cytoplasmic structures have been described by electron microscopy.

Özet

In this study ultrastructures of Balantidium elongatum and B.duodeni obtained from the digestive system of Rana ridibunda have been examined. In addition to the kinetodesmal fibril and microtubular fibrils orijinating from each kinetosome, a vacuolar zone, microtubular bundles and other cytoplasmic structures have been described by electron microscopy.

Keywords: Balantidium, Cytology, Ultrastructure, Electron Microscope