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INVESTIGATIONS of a wide range of cells have shown that microtubules, acting as skeletal elements, are associated with cytoplasmic movements1–3. Here I describe microtubules in the cytoplasm of a small amoeba, believed to be a new species of the genus Hartmannella4.
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HOLBERTON, D. Microtubules in the Cytoplasm of an Amoeba. Nature 222, 680–681 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222680a0
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