Nuclei and flagella

Description:

Trepomonas agilis Dujardin, 1841. Cell is ovoid, but S-shaped in cross section. Two nuclei are located anteriorly (densley stained here). Two groups of flagella are inserted laterally at the end of each groove: two long flagella and six short flagella (seen here).Stained by the silver carbonate technique (see Foissner, W. Europ. J. Protistol., 27:313-330;1991). Collected from a putrifying sample from a freshwater pond near Boise, Idaho.Brightfield.