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Norvell W. Hunter; Evidence for a glycolytic pathway in the ciliate Euplotes eurystomus. Trans.Amer.Micros.Soc. 93(3):425-428, 1974

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Histochemical procedures were used to demonstrate the presence of glycogen and some glycolytic enzymes in these animals. The enzyme systems found were: phosphorylase, phosphoglucomutase, hexokinase, and glucokinase, aldolase, alpha-glyceraldehyde dehydrogenase, and lactic acid dehydrogenase. The presence of these enzymes, coupled with that of glycogen storage, suggested that glycolysis is operative in these forms.