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Vacuoles, nucleus and other cell organelles in living onion cells

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1  nucleus
3  vacuole
4   cell wall
5  single organelles
2  cytoplasmic strand

English name: Onion
Scientific name: Allium cepa
Familia: Liliaceae
Classis: Monocotyledonas
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae

The vacuole of the upper cell (A) is filled with anthocyanes, a common feature in epidermal cells of red onions. The boundary of nucleus, cytoplasmic strands and single organelles is clearly visible in these unstained, living cells, thanks to the use of differential interference contrast microscopy as an imaging technique.


last modified: 5 Jun 2014