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From: The enigma of eugregarine epicytic folds: where gliding motility originates?

Figure 4

Gliding motility and mucus. A–F. Mucous trail (arrowheads) left behind gliding gregarines; syzygy of Gregarina cuneata (A, B), syzygy (C) and single gamont (D) of Gregarina polymorpha, syzygy of Gregarina steini (E, F). Note the increased mucus shedding by the syzygy of G. cuneata exhibiting rotary movement (B). G–I. Light micrographs showing the volume of mucus in gamonts of G. cuneata (G), G. polymorpha (H) and G. steini (I) revealed with Alcian blue staining at low pH.

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