Burzell L A
J Protozool. 1975 Feb;22(1):35-9.
Bodo curvifilus Griessmann conforms in its fine structure to the criteria proposed for the genus Bodo, including the presence of subpellicular microtubules, a single large kinetoplast-mitochondrion, emergence of the 2 heterodynamic flagella from a subapical flagellar pocket, and the presence of a paraxial rod associated with the axoneme of each flagellum. B. curvifilus possesses cytoplasmic bodies which resemble endosymbiotic bacteria. These are similar to those found in Bodo saltans. Bodo curvifilus can be distinguished ultrastructurally from Bodo caudatus and B. saltans by the presence in B. curvifilus of a hitherto unreported structure, "the microtubular prism," consisting of a bundle of 19 microtubules. In cross section, 15 of these microtubules form a cross-linked prismatic array. This microtubular bundle originates near the flagellar pocket and extends for several micrometers into the body of the organism where it follows the periphery of the cell and the long finger-like projections of the kinetoplast-mitochondrion.
弯曲波豆虫（Bodo curvifilus Griessmann）的精细结构符合为波豆属（Bodo）所提出的标准，包括存在表膜下微管、单个大型动质体 - 线粒体、两条异动力鞭毛从近顶端鞭毛袋中伸出，以及每条鞭毛的轴丝都伴有一条轴旁杆。弯曲波豆虫拥有类似内共生细菌的细胞质体。这些与在跳跃波豆虫（Bodo saltans）中发现的细胞质体相似。弯曲波豆虫在超微结构上可与尾波豆虫（Bodo caudatus）和跳跃波豆虫区分开来，因为弯曲波豆虫具有一种迄今未报道的结构，即“微管棱柱体”，它由一束19根微管组成。在横切面上，其中15根微管形成交联棱柱阵列。这个微管束起源于鞭毛袋附近，并延伸数微米进入生物体的体内，沿着细胞周边以及动质体 - 线粒体的长指状突起分布。
