SYMBIOTIC ALGAE-FREE STRAINS OF THE GREEN PARAMECIUM PARAMECIUM-BURSARIA PRODUCED BY HERBICIDE PARAQUAT

Authors
HOSOYA H KIMURA K MATSUDA S KITAURA M TAKAHASHI T KOSAKA T
Citation
H. Hosoya et al., SYMBIOTIC ALGAE-FREE STRAINS OF THE GREEN PARAMECIUM PARAMECIUM-BURSARIA PRODUCED BY HERBICIDE PARAQUAT, Zoological science, 12(6), 1995, pp. 807-810
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Zoological science → ACNP
ISSN journal
02890003
Volume
12
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
807 - 810
Database
ISI
SICI code
0289-0003(1995)12:6<807:SASOTG>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The green paramecium, Paramecium bursaria, has endosymbiotic algae in the cytoplasm. Here, we report that all endosymbiotic algae are destro yed, producing symbiotic algae-free strains of paramecia, when green p aramecia are cultivated in the presence of a herbicide paraquat.