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. 2006 Apr;72(4):2982–2987. doi: 10.1128/AEM.72.4.2982-2987.2006

FIG. 2.

FIG. 2.

Mechanical injury of P. redivivus by purified acanthocytes. (A) Two acanthae of acanthocytes pierced the body of an immobilized nematode (arrowheads), and some inner material of the nematode was leaking out at the injured sites. Bar, 10 μm. (B) A broken acantha penetrated a nematode, with a small quantity of inner material leaking out. Bar, 10 μm. (C) A nematode hurt by acanthocytes showed two slight cuts (arrowheads) without leakage and a serious one (arrow) with leakage. Bar, 20 μm. (D and E) Severe damage by the acanthocytes caused serious leakage of inner material of nematodes. Bars, 30 μm. (F) A cut (arrowhead) on a nematode caused by an acantha viewed by the ESEM technique. Bar, 20 μm. (G) An acantha (arrowhead) was shown by the ESEM technique to have pierced the nematode body. Bar, 20 μm.