[The structure of extrusive organelles in alveolate and other heterotrophic flagellates].
The structure of ejective organelles (extrusomes) in 12 species of heterotrophic flagellates belonging to 8 taxonomic groups is considered. Trichocysts of various structures have been found in colpodellids, Spumella and Metromonas. Kinetocysts of amoeboid flagellates, thaumatomonads, contain a cylindrical element. These kinetocysts are attached to bacteria after discharge. When being discharged, trichocysts of colpodellids produce filaments which have transversal striation. Discobolocysts have been found in excavate flagellate Reclinomonas, and ejectisomes--in Goniomonas. Toxicysts have been marked in carnivorous alveolate flagellate Colponema. The most of studied extrusomes lie inside the cytoplasm, while exstrusomes in chrysomonad Spumella are also found inside the nucleus. Trichocysts of colpodellids and Metromonas as well as ejectisomes of Goniomonas are located near the branches of Golgi apparatus. The comparison of the data obtained confirms the hypothesis about the correlation of taxonomic position of flagellates and the structure of their extrusomes that allows in some cases using these features as phylogenetic markers.
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D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000145:classification / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D015388:Organelles / Q000648:ultrastructure*