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Observations on the fine structure of two species of Platymonas with special reference to flagellar scales and the mode of origin of the theca

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

I. Manton  and
M. Parke
I. Manton
Affiliation:
Botany Department, University of Leeds
M. Parke
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory
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The morphology and microanatomy of two species of Platymonas have been investigated and certain stages of cell division studied. The anatomical features closely resemble those recently described for the motile phase of Prasinocladus except for characteristic differences in pyrenoid structure (cf. Parke & Manton, 1965). The flagella ofPlatymonas are indistinguishable from those of Prasinocladus, being covered with two layers of scales beneath a layer of structureless mucus which obscures their presence except in sections. Caducous hairs resembling those ofPrasinocladus and related genera are also borne on the flagella.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , October 1965 , pp. 743 - 754
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1965

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