Caption

Transmission electron microscope image, showing an example of green algae (Chlorophyta).

Chlamydomanas reinhardtii is a unicellular flagellate used as a model system in molecular genetics work and flagellar motility studies.

This higher magnification image of "Chlamydomanas#80498", shows a portion of the chloroplast, a starch grain, mitochondria, and the cell wall.

JEOL 100CX TEM

Writer

Elizabeth Smith, Louisa Howard, Erin Dymek

Keywords

Algae, TEM, Chlamydomonas, chloroplast, cell wall, mitochondria