Delivery of Carmine Dye as a Demonstration

Larvae of Aedes aegypti loaded with carmine particles,
introduced by surrounding Tetrahymena pyriformis cells (A), pre-incubated with carmine suspension (B) Larval head and thorax with a disintegrated carmine-loaded T. pyriformis cell soon after ingestion (C)

(see, Zaritsky et al., J. invertebr. Pathol. 58: 455-457, 1991)

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