Silverline system

الوصف:

Silverline system of Colpidium colpoda (LOSANA,1829) STEIN,1860.2 secondary meridians (SM) run between pairs of primary meridians (PM). This pattern occurs sporadically in the same cell with some areas showing a single branched secondary meridian between pairs of primary meridians (similar to the pattern in C. kleini). From a putrefying raw culture from a freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho.October 2007. Stained by the dry silver nitrate technique (see Foissner, W. Europ. J. Protistol., 27:313-330;1991).Brightfield.