PAPPAS G D, BRANDT P W
J Biophys Biochem Cytol. 1959 Aug;6(1):85-90. doi: 10.1083/jcb.6.1.85.
Some of the mitochondria in the free-living giant ameba Pelomyxa carolinensis (Chaos chaos) exhibit unusual and strikingly complex morphological patterns. A study of serial sections of these mitochondria reveals that the patterns are formed by the organization and packing of minute villi (cristae mitochondriales). The form of the individual villus is a regular soft zigzag (or wave) with a bulbous enlargement at each point of inflection ("elbow") on the wave. The pattern of the mitochondria may become increasingly complex as a result of branching and fusing of the wavy villi. Densely packed fibrillar material is sometimes present in the stroma of the mitochondria.
自由生活的巨型变形虫卡罗琳多核变形虫（混沌变形虫）中的一些线粒体呈现出异常且极其复杂的形态模式。对这些线粒体的连续切片研究表明，这些模式是由微小绒毛（线粒体嵴）的组织和堆积形成的。单个绒毛的形态是规则的柔软锯齿状（或波浪状），在波浪的每个拐点（“肘部”）处有球状膨大。由于波浪状绒毛的分支和融合，线粒体的模式可能会变得越来越复杂。线粒体基质中有时存在密集堆积的纤维状物质。
