Fig. 3. Toxoplasma subpellicular microtubules and spindle microtubules are
differentially sensitive to disruption by oryzalin or colchicine. Phase
contrast of Toxoplasma tachyzoites (arrows) grown in HFF fibroblasts
in 0.5 µM oryzalin (A) or 2.5 µM oryzalin (B). Electron microscopy of
Toxoplasma grown in HFF fibroblasts in 0.5 µM oryzalin (C) or 2.5
µM oryzalin (D). Arrows in (C) indicate incomplete scission between
daughter parasites in 0.5 µM oryzalin. Thin sections of tachyzoites in
CV2-8 CHO cells in 1.0 mM colchicine (E) or 5.0 mM colchicine (F). In all
electron micrographs, the scale bar represents 2 µM. The parasitophorous
vacuole membrane is designated PVM and the host cell mitochondria that
surround it are labeled M. Parasites are marked *.