A cytostome (from cyto-, cell and stome-, mouth) or cell mouth is a part of a cell specialized for phagocytosis, usually in the form of a microtubule-supported...
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Prey such as bacteria and smaller flagellates is ingested through a cytostome, supported by microtubules. These are often packed together to form two...
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cases a third axis can be defined, particularly where a non-terminal cytostome or other unique structure is present. Some elongated protists have distinctive...
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arise from a basal body. In some flagellates, flagella direct food into a cytostome or mouth, where food is ingested. Flagella often support hairs, called...
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do), taking in food through a specialized mouth-like aperture called a cytostome, or using stiffened ingestion organelles Parasitic protozoa use a wide...
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aquatic animals, and typically feed on other ciliates. Instead of a single cytostome, each cell feeds by means of several specialized tentacles. These are...
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300 Ciliophora Cilia bearers Ciliates Presence of multiple cilia and a cytostome. approx. 4,500 Cryptista Hidden Defined by molecular phylogeny, flat cristae...
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groove or chamber in the cell where phagocytosis takes place, called the cytostome or mouth. As in phagocytic immune cells, the resulting phagosome may be...
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allows them to create a current that captures small food particles. The cytostome is the specialized structure that allows the protists this function. This...
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opening, known as the peristome, at the pointed anterior end leads to the cytostome, or the mouth. Cysts are smaller than trophozoites and are round and have...
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Trichodinids are round ciliates that may be disc-shaped or hemispherical. The cytostome (cell mouth) is on the surface that faces away from the host; this is...
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of genus Giardia include cells with duplicate organelles, absence of cytostomes, and ventral adhesive disc. About 40 species have been described, but...
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(gullet). From there, food particles pass through a small opening called the cytostome, or cell mouth, and move into the interior of the cell. As food enters...
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where they are broken down by enzymes. The cell does not have a mouth or cytostome, nor is there any fixed site on the cell membrane at which phagocytosis...
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Orthomitosis Pleuromitosis Meiosis in protists Gametic Zygotic Sporic Other Cyst Cytostome Fimbriae Extrusome Contractile vacuole Eyespot apparatus Pyrenoid Axostyle...
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ingestion. There are oral cilia specialized for making water currents, cytostomes in a depression on the cell surface and structures for scraping and filtering...
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particles of scavenged material. Amoeboid cells do not have a mouth or cytostome, and there is no fixed place on the cell at which phagocytosis normally...
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in an apical or subapical pocket. In some these are associated with a cytostome or mouth, used to ingest bacteria or other small organisms. This is supported...
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pocket/reservoir, 3-dorsal/anterior flagellum, 4-ventral/posterior flagellum, 5-cytostome/feeding apparatus. Bottom: Metamonada, 1-anterior flagella, 2-parabasal...
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absorbed into the cytoplasm. In ciliates, the anal pore (cytopyge) and cytostome are the only regions of the pellicle that are not covered by ridges, cilia...
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single-celled protists with two anteriorly directed flagella, an anterior cytostome for ingesting eukaryotic prey, and a sheath that covers the cell membrane...
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1 to 12 structures on their membrane known as amoebastomes (amorphous cytostomes), also referred to as "suckers" or "food cups," which they use for feeding...
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although two species have been found to divide as an exception. There is no cytostome (feeding groove) present suggesting that feeding occurs primarily in the...
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ovoided. It has a curved anterior apex that is over the peristome. It has a cytostome which is a two-layered undulating membrane, on the right front edge, and...
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that its primary function is to create suction, drawing prey into the cytostome. In 1997, Richard Triemer returned to the subject, to confirm Chen's opinion...
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be restricted to part of the cell surface, but there is never a true cytostome or mouth as found in many other protozoa. They show a variety of forms...
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pretransverse and transverse cirri. The region around the cell mouth (cytostome) is partially encircled by a series of compound cilia which make up the...
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found in a specialised pocket structure which is also the location of the cytostome.[citation needed] Kinetoplastids may be free-living or parasitic. The...
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proboscis is 1/3 to 1/2 of the total body length. The cellular mouth (cytostome) sits at the base of the proboscis within a protuberance called the "oral...
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palisade of stiff microtubular rods (nematodesmata). This cone encloses the cytostome, or "mouth" opening, as in other haptorian ciliates. The dimensions of...
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