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The remarkable range in morphology and magnitude of size among microbial organisms, varying from viruses (ca 20 nm) to large free-living protozoa (ca 2 mm), spans nearly five orders of magnitude (105). Some basic knowledge of cellular microstructure pertinent to further discussions of protozoan microanatomy and physiology is presented. A more thorough treatment of the subject can be found in standard textbooks of cell biology or cellular ultrastructure.
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Anderson, O.R. (1988). General Principles of Cell Fine Structure. In: Comparative Protozoology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-11340-0_10
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