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Image of thraustochytrids

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Labyrinthuloides (lab-ee-rin-thule-oid-ees). Labyrinthuloides is a thraustochytrid - very closely related to the labyrinthulids. The trophic form is a usually a large mass of cytoplasm giving rise to a system of fine rhizoid-like ecotoplasmic extensions. This image is from a culture growing on agar showing cells and some of the ectoplasmic strands. Phase contrast.

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David Patterson, Linda Amaral Zettler, Mike Peglar and Tom Nerad
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