A study of the soil flagellate Phalansterium solitarium Sandon 1924 with preliminary data on its ultrastructure

TY - JOUR

T1 - A study of the soil flagellate Phalansterium solitarium Sandon 1924 with preliminary data on its ultrastructure

AU - Ekelund, Flemming

N1 - Key words: Phalansterium solitarium, soil flagellate, soil protozoa, ultrastructure, protists

PY - 2002

Y1 - 2002

N2 - Phalansterium solitarium Sandon 1924, a common soil flagellate, was isolated and aSandon 1924, a common soil flagellate, was isolated and a clonal culture was examined using light and electron microscopy. The first preliminaryobservations of its ultrastructure show that the cells of Ph. solitarium have the samemain characters as an earlier investigated species of the genus, Ph. digitatum Stein 1878,including a collarlike structure surrounding the basis of the single emerging flagellum,tubular cristae, a single basal body, surrounded by x, y and z zones with radiatingmicrotubules and a fibrillar rootlet associated with the dictyosome. In contrast to Ph.digitatum, no spherules were seen either inside or outside the cell of Ph. solitarium.no spherules were seen either inside or outside the cell of . .

AB - Phalansterium solitarium Sandon 1924, a common soil flagellate, was isolated and aSandon 1924, a common soil flagellate, was isolated and a clonal culture was examined using light and electron microscopy. The first preliminaryobservations of its ultrastructure show that the cells of Ph. solitarium have the samemain characters as an earlier investigated species of the genus, Ph. digitatum Stein 1878,including a collarlike structure surrounding the basis of the single emerging flagellum,tubular cristae, a single basal body, surrounded by x, y and z zones with radiatingmicrotubules and a fibrillar rootlet associated with the dictyosome. In contrast to Ph.digitatum, no spherules were seen either inside or outside the cell of Ph. solitarium.no spherules were seen either inside or outside the cell of . .

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1680-0826

VL - 2

SP - 152

EP - 158

JO - Protistology

JF - Protistology

IS - 3

ER -