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The ultrathin structure of the amoeboid flagellate Thaumatomonas coloniensis Wylezich et al. has been studied. The cell is surrounded by somatic scales forming on the surface of the mitochondria. The heterodynamic flagella emerge from the small flagellar pocket. Both flagella are covered by pineal scales and thin twisted mastigonemes. The kinetosomes lie parallel to each other. The transitional zone of the flagella carries the thin-walled cylinder. The transversal plate of the flagella is above the cell surface. The flagellar root system consists of three microtubular bands and a fibrillar rhizoplast. The vesicular nucleus and Golgi apparatus are of the usual structure. The mitochondria contain tubular cristae. The extrusive organelles (kinetocysts) contain amorphous material and a capsule; they are located in cytoplasm. The capsule consists of a muff and cylinder. Osmiophilic bodies of various shapes contain crystalloid inclusions. The pseudopodia capturing the bacteria emerge from the ventral groove. The groove is armored by the two longitudinal groups of the close situated microtubules. Microbodies and symbiotic bacteria have not been discovered. The resemblance of Th. coloniensis with other thaumatomonads is discussed.
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Original Russian Text © A.P. Myl’nikov, Z.M. Myl’nikova, 2017, published in Biologiya Vnutrennykh Vod, 2017, No. 1, pp. 20–25.
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Myl’nikov, A.P., Myl’nikova, Z.M. Structure of the cell of the amoeboid flagellate Thaumatomonas coloniensis Wylezich et al., 2007 (Thaumatomonadida (Shirkina) Karpov, 1990). Inland Water Biol 10, 22–27 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995082916040106
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