Selcetive Ingestion of Food by the Termite Protozoa, Trichonympha agilis

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• Selective ingestion of food by the termite protozoa, Trichonympha agilis, were examined under culture conditions. The ingestive rate of cellulose by these flagellates increased linearly during the early period after inoculation, reaching 70 to 80% after 12 hours. When many kinds of solid material instead of cellulose were suspended in the medium, none of them were ingested. Only a few kinds of material (anion exchange resin and carbon) adhered to the cell surface. When each solid material was suspended individually with cellulose, these flagellates ingested cellulose selectively. After treatment with several kinds of enzymes, especially proteolytic enzymes, the thickness of the filamentous surface coat of the flagellate changed, and the ingestive rate of cellulose decreased. These results show that the selective ingestion of cellulose by T. agilis may be related to the occurence of a specific connection between cellulose and the filamentous surface coat.

• 社団法人日本動物学会の論文
• 1979-06-25

著者

• Yamaoka Ikuo

  Biological Institute Faculty Of Science Yamaguchi University

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