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Image de <i>Cafeteria marsupialis</i> Larsen & Patterson 1990

Description :

Cafeteria marsupialis Larsen and Patterson, 1990. Cells are normally D-shaped but may be somewhat variable in shape. When attached the cells are 5 to 12 microns long (mostly about 7 to 8 microns) and 5 to 10 microns wide, When swimming the cells are up to 7 to 10 microns long and 3 to 5 microns wide. The cells attach to the substrate by the tip of the posterior flagellum, which lies in a deep ventral groove. The anterior flagellum is directed at right-angles to the groove. The organism may feed on suspended bacteria, which are drawn towards the body by the activity of the anterior flagellum, entering along a curved channel at the posterior end of the ventral groove. The anterior flagellum of the attached cell is about 1.5 to 2 times the cell length and the posterior flagellum is slightly longer than the cell. A single nucleus with a rounded nucleolus lies just below the insertion of the flagella. The cell body may include many - sometimes large - food vacuoles. Undigested residues of food are egested by the fusion of old food vacuoles with the plasma membrane. Swimming cells are more rounded, with anterior flagellum directed to the anterior, recurrent flagellum trailing. Common and widespread.

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