| polar tube |
a hollow, extensible, filamentous tubular organelle found coiled in the spore of microsporidan protozoa, through which the sarcoplasm is injected into the host's tissues. Called also polar injecting filament.
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| polar tube |
in the Microsporidia, the equivalent of a hypodermic needle. This organelle is inserted into a host cell and infectious sporoplasm is injected into the host.
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