Genetic Diversity, Morphological Uniformity and Polyketide Production in Dinoflagellates (Amphidinium, Dinoflagellata)
Figure 1
Light micrographs of Amphidinium massartii strain CS-259 and Amphidinium thermaeum strain CS-109, showing general cell shape, plastid, dividing cells, nucleus, pyrenoid.
Scale bars represent 5 µm. (A)–(F), CS-259. (A) A. massartii CS-259 in ventral view, showing shape of the epicone and longitudinal flagellum, arrow points to position of flagellar insertion. (B) Low focus image, arrow points to pyrenoid. (C) Cell in dorsal view showing general cell shape, (D) Motile dividing cells, arrow points to starch-sheathed pyrenoid, (E) Cell in lateral view showing flattening, (F) Cell taken using epifluorescent microscopy, showing the plastid with multiple lobes. (G)–(I), CS-109. (G) Cell in ventral view showing general shape and position of flagellar insertion (arrow), (H), Cell in lateral view, arrow points to flagellar insertion, (I), Motile cells shortly following cell division.