Scanning electron microscopy of fixed, frozen, and dried protozoa.
Selected protozoa were examined with a scanning electron microscope. The natural shape of the body and surface organelles were revealed. Chemical fixation and freeze-drying techniques described here permit a new approach to the study of protozoa.
D000656:Amoeba / Q000166:cytology; D000818:Animals; D016798:Ciliophora / Q000166:cytology; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000166:cytology*; D005612:Freeze Drying; D008722:Methods; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010247:Paramecium / Q000166:cytology; D013768:Tetrahymena / Q000166:cytology