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Chilomonas small flagellate navigators (edited)
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Martin Kreutz
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Hi Carlos,
Bruce anticipated me and I fully agree with him. The Maupas bodies are specific for cryptomonads. In contrast to "common crystals" in other protozoans the location of them ist fixed (near the gullet) and the number of them is fixed (two). The different shaped crystals in amoeba or ciliates are free floating objects in the plasm und their number is not fixed. Due to the near location to the gullet it is assumed that they have a function in digestion. But nothing is proofed!
Martin
Bruce anticipated me and I fully agree with him. The Maupas bodies are specific for cryptomonads. In contrast to "common crystals" in other protozoans the location of them ist fixed (near the gullet) and the number of them is fixed (two). The different shaped crystals in amoeba or ciliates are free floating objects in the plasm und their number is not fixed. Due to the near location to the gullet it is assumed that they have a function in digestion. But nothing is proofed!
Martin
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