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Motile Cell - Illustrated


Location code / cell type
  • ZO, zoospore
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1. Number of flagella
0, none

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1, one

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2, multiple

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2. Electron-opaque plug in axoneme core and between axoneme and flagellar membrane
0, absent

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1, present

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3. Flagellum coating
0, absent

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1, present

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4. Electron-opaque core in kinetosome
0, absent

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1, present

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5. Scalloped ring within kinetosome, extensions of the A, B, or C microtubule
0, absent

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1, present (Lacustromyces hiemalis)

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6. Kinetosome support
0, absent

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1, kinetosome props

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2, broken kinetosome props

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3, skirt-like structure surrounding kinetosome (Neocallimastigomycota)

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7. Kinetosome-associated plates
0, absent

1, present (Group I type zoospore [Barr 1980])

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8. Kinetosome-associated saddle
0, absent

1, present (Group II type zoospore [Barr 1980])

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9. Kinetosome-associated shield
0, absent

1, present

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10. Kinetosome-associated spur
0, absent

1, present

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11. Kinetosome-associated striated disc
0, absent

1, present (Chytridiomycota: Monoblepharidomycetes)

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12. Primary microtubule root
0, absent

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1, 2-5 laterally-oriented, parallel, stacked microtubules arising from side of kinetosome (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Rhizophydiales- Alphamyces, Aquamyces, Globomyces, Urceomyces, Gorgonomyces, Pateramyces, Protrudomyces, Rhizophydium, Terramyces, Coralloidiomyces)

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2, approx. 6-7 laterally-oriented, parallel, bundled microtubules arising from side of kinetosome (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Chytridiales)

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3, more than 20 laterally-oriented, parallel, bundled microtubules with linkers between them, arising from side of kinetosome (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Cladochytriales)

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4, multiple microtubules extending anteriorly from kinetosome, parallel to kinetosome triplets (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Rhizophydiales- Batrachochytrium)

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5, microtubules in cone arising from a spur at the anterior end of kinetosome (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Spizellomycetales- Spizellomyces)

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6, microtubules extending anteriorly without regular arrangement from a spur on the kinetosome (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Spizellomycetales- Kochiomyces)

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7, microtubules in cone arising from a double bar at the anterior end of kinetosome (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Spizellomycetales- Gaertneriomyces)

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8, microtubules in cone arising from two concave discs at the anterior end of kinetosome (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Spizellomycetales- Powellomyces)

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9, microtubules extending parallel and anteriorly from kinetosome and adjacent to an elongated tripartite spur (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Spizellomycetales- Triparticalcar)

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a, root of two parts: a striated disk extending part way around kinetosome, and microtubules extending anteriorly from kinetosome (Chytridiomycota: Monoblepharidomycetes)

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b, up to 27 microtubules in groups of 3 extending anteriorly from kinetosome (Blastocladiomycota)

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c, multiple microtubules emanating from spurs on multiple kinetosomes (Neocallimastigomycota)

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13. Primary microtubule root absolute configuration
0, absent

1, 20 degrees left average (10-35 degrees)

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2, 10 degrees right average (0-25 degrees)

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3, 50 degrees left average (20-80 degrees)

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14. Striated rhizoplast between kinetosome and nucleus
0, absent

1, present (Rhizophlyctis rosea, Sonoraphlyctis ranzonii, Caulochytrium protostelioides, Olpidium brassicae)

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15. Non-flagellated centriole
0, absent (incertae sedis: Thalassochytrium gracilariopsidis)

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1, parallel to kinetosome

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2, oblique to kinetosome

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3, at right angle to kinetosome

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16. Length of non-flagellated centriole (NfC) compared to length of kinetosome (K)
0, NfC < K (Chytridiomycota: Monoblepharidomycetes; Chytridiomycetes: Rhizophydiales- Kappamyces; Chytridiales)

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1, NfC = K

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2, NfC > K (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Polychytrium clade- Lacustromyces hiemalis)

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17. Kinetosome-non-flagellated centriole fibrillar bridge
0, absent

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1, fibers perpendicular to NfC and K

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2, fibers parallel to NfC and K

18. Non-flagellated centriole-associated veil
0, absent

1, present (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Chytridiales)

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19. Paracrystalline inclusion
0, absent

1, present (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Chytridiales, Polychytrium clade; ?Blastocladiomycota: Catenaria anguillulae)

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20. Ribosomal organization
0, scattered ribosomes (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Spizellomycetales; Rhizophlyctidales- Rhizophlyctis rosea, Sonoraphlyctis ranzonii; incertae sedis: Synchytrium macrosporum, Caulochytrium protostelioides)

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1, core area of aggregated ribosomes partially or completely enclosed by endoplasmic reticulum (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Chytridiales, Rhizophydiales, Cladochytriales, Lobulomycetales; incertae sedis: Polyphagus euglenae; Monoblepharidomycetes)

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2, aggregated as a nuclear cap (Blastocladiomycota)

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3, loosely enclosed by endoplasmic reticulum and surrounding nucleus (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Rhizophlyctidales- Arizonaphlyctis, Borealophlyctis)

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21. Mitochondrion
0, absent (hydrogenosomes: Neocallimastigomycota)

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1, single

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2, multiple

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22. Cisterna
0, absent

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1, simple

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2, fenestrated

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3, annular

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23. Paraxonemal structure
0, absent

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1, present (Chytridiomycota: Monoblepharidomycetes- Gonapodya polymorpha)

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24. Water expulsion vacoule
0, absent (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Chytridiales)

1, present (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Spizellomycetales; Monoblepharidomycetes)

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25. Golgi apparatus morphology
0, stacked cisternae (Chytridiomycota; Blastocladiomycota- Physoderma)

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1, absence of stacked cisternae (Blastocladiomycota)

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26. Golgi apparatus location
0, absent

1, associated with flagellar rootlet(Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Chytridiales)

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2, not associated with flagellar rootlet

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27. Relationship of microbodies to lipid(s) or nucleus
0, microbody associated with a single lipid (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes- Chytridiales, Cladochytriales, Lobulomycetales, Rhizophydiales)

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1, microbody associated with multiple lipids (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Spizellomycetales, Rhizophlyctidales, Rhizophydiales- Batrachochytrium; incertae sedis: Caulochytrium protostelioides)

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2, microbody associated with nucleus (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Rhizophlyctidales- Rhizophlyctis rosea, Sonoraphlyctis ranzonii)

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28. Location of cisterna relative to lipid(s)
0, adjacent to lipids (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Chytridiales, Rhizophydiales, Cladochytriales)

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1, backs microbody (Blastocladiomycota)

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2, fenestrated cisterna (rumposome) backed by microbody (Chytridiomycota: Monoblepharidomycetes)

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3, absent (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Rhizophydiales- Batrachochytrium; Polychytrium clade- Lacustromyces hiemalis)

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29. Location of mitochondria
0, outside ribosomal core

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1, within ribosomal core

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2, scattered in cytoplasm

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30. Nuclear heel
0, absent

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1, present (Chytridiomycota: Chytridiomycetes: Spizellomycetales- Spizellomyces; Rhizophlyctidales- Sonoraphlyctis, Borealophlyctis)

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31. Nucleus location
0, distal to kinetosome

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1, proximal to kinetosome

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2, connected to kinetosome

32. Posterior dome composed of peripheral granules and array of megatubules
0, absent

1, present (Neocallimastigomycota)

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