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A species of Aulacomonas was found in the wild feeding on Scenedesmus, and a light microscope investigation was made of movements, cell contents and the production of pseudopodia.
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Electron microscope observations showed the biflagellate cells to be without scales and to have a complex flagella root system similar to that of Chlamydomonas.
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Virus-like particles are descibed in and around the nucleus and compared with others previously reported in algae.
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Possible relationships with other organisms are discussed.
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Swale, E.M.F., Belcher, J.H. A light and electron microscope study of the colourless flagellate Aulacomonas Skuja. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 92, 91–103 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425007
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