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An unusual short flagellum inMallomonas guttata (Synurophyceae, chrysophyta)

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Abstract

A short flagellum bearing unusual appendages inMallomonas guttata is described. These appendages, ca. 0.2 μm in diameter and 10–20 μm long, 7–10 in number, originate from the distal end of the short flagellum. Their membrane is continuous with the flagellar membrane and no particular structure was observed in appendage lumen.

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  1. Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 305, Ibaraki

    Xiaoming Zhang, Isao Inouye & Mitsuo Chihara

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Zhang, X., Inouye, I. & Chihara, M. An unusual short flagellum inMallomonas guttata (Synurophyceae, chrysophyta). Bot. Mag. Tokyo 103, 97–101 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02488414

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