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Vinony's link graph records 111 inbound references to cytostome, and connects out to fungi, parasitism and mitotic cell cycle.
It is catalogued under the topic Organelles.
Vinony links it to 18 Wikipedia language editions.
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Cytopharynx
- Location
- Function
- Associations
- Related structures
- Visualization methods
- References
thumbnail|Diagram of a ciliate
A cytostome (from cyto-, cell and -stome, mouth) or cell mouth is a part of a cell specialized for phagocytosis, usually in the form of a microtubule-supported funnel or groove. Food is directed into the cytostome, and sealed into vacuoles. Only certain groups of protozoa, such as the Ciliophora and Excavata, have cytostomes. An example is Balantidium coli, a ciliate. In other protozoa, and in cells from multicellular organisms, phagocytosis takes place at any point on the cell or feeding takes place by absorption.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cytostome” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.