VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES IN UNICELLULAR APOCHLOROTIC MICROORGANISMS IN THE COASTAL WATER OF JAPAN

Authors
NAGASAKI K ANDO M IMAI I ITAKURA S ISHIDA Y
Citation
K. Nagasaki et al., VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES IN UNICELLULAR APOCHLOROTIC MICROORGANISMS IN THE COASTAL WATER OF JAPAN, Fisheries science, 61(2), 1995, pp. 235-239
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Fisheries
Journal title
Fisheries science → ACNP
ISSN journal
09199268
Volume
61
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
235 - 239
Database
ISI
SICI code
0919-9268(1995)61:2<235:VPIUAM>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Virus-like particles (VLPs) were found in several kinds of unicellular apochlorotic microorganisms in the electron microscopical samples obt ained from three stations in the coastal water of Japan. All of the ob served VLPs were icosahedral and 175-335 nm in diameter. Some of the h ost cells had apparent food vacuoles indicating that they were phagotr ophic. These observations suggest that viral multiplication may effect the dynamics of unicellular apochlorotic microorganisms including het erotrophic nanoflagellates (HNF), grazers of bacteria.