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Fig. 44: Defecation - cytoproct and contractile vacuole in Tetrahymena

Following digestion the spent food vacuole is guided to the cytoproct (cyp), a single membrane bordered region near the posterior end of Tetrahymena. This is close to the contractile vacuole (cv) extrusion site (cv p). EM taken on 1/15/74 by R. Wolf with Hitachi HUllA TEM. Neg. 7,500X. Bar = 0.5µm. Published in J. Cell Sci. 35:217-227, 1979.
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