Inner Structure of an Eukaryotic Cell

Electron cryotomographic reconstruction of an Ostreococcus tauri cell (a photosynthetic eukaryote). The three-dimensional reconstruction of a single cell is shown slice-by-slice, from which the segmented model emerges in a second pass. After the various subcellular organelles are identified, the substructure of first the Golgi body and then the mitochondrion are shown in isolation, including the position and shape of the cristae junctions.
Citation: Henderson GP, Gan L, Jensen GJ (2007) 3-D Ultrastructure of O. tauri: Electron Cryotomography of an Entire Eukaryotic Cell. PLoS ONE 2(8): e749. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000749
Copyright: © 2007 Henderson et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Freely available at http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0000749

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• science
• biology
• microbiology
• microscopy
• cell
• eukaryotes
• ciencia
• biología
• microbiología
• célula
• eucariotas

[StarWolfAwesome]

GRANT JENSEN!

[spacecowboy95]

I was hoping for an animal cell, but still interesting how both animal and plant cells share similar organelles.

[SpArTaNz57]

Thank you, really helped with my project

[ILuvCaroline]

Should be narrated....

[GNgeckos]

For your information, eukaryotic cells DO have chloroplasts. A eukaryote is not necessarily an animal cell; many plant cells are classified as a eukaryote(as well as fungi). However, only the plant cell eukaryotes have chloroplasts; not the animal cell eukaryotes.

See, the main difference is eukaryotes have a definite nucleus, while prokaryotes do not.

[skruzny91]

This was not helpful at all. Needs a bit of a touch up...

[human247]

Is it possible you were referring to the difference of "plant" and "animal" cell structures? - If that was what you were referring to, then you are right. But your statement above as it is, needs further research.

[neostryke]

Thanks on that.

[theidleprophet]

Short answer: The cell shown in the video might be a cell with structure different to what biologists are currently aware. Shorter answer: Yes, it's very likely very wrong.

[neostryke]

Is the image in the video actually "wrong"?