Localization of Symbiotic Cyanobacteria in the Colonial Ascidian Trididemnum miniatum (Didemnidae, Ascidiacea)(Morphology)
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Trididemnum miniatum is a colonial ascidian harboring the photosymbiotic prokaryote Prochloron sp. These bacterial cells are located in the tunic of the host animal. The present study revealed, by ultrastructural analysis, that the Prochloron cells were exclusively distributed and proliferated in the tunic. They were shown to be embedded in the tunic matrix and to have no direct contact with ascidian cells. Some tunic cells of the ascidians, however, did phagocytize and digest the symbiont. Round cell masses were sometimes found in the tunic and appeared to consist of disintegrating cyanobacterial cells. The thoracic epidermis of ascidian zooids was often digitated, and the epidermal cells extended microvilli into the tunic. Since there were no Prochloron cells in the alimentary tract of the ascidian zooids, the photosymbionts would not be considered part of the typical diet of the host ascidians. Thin layer chromatography showed that the symbionts possessed both chlorophyll a and b, while a 16S rRNA gene phylogeny supported the identification of the photosymbiont of T. miniatum as Prochloron sp.
- 社団法人日本動物学会の論文
- 2006-05-25
著者
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Hirose Euichi
Department Of Biology Keio University:(present Office)biological Laboratory College Of Agriculture A
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Neilan Brett
School Of Biotechnology And Biomolecular Sciences University Of New South Wales
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Hirose Mamiko
Department Of Chemistry Biology And Marine Science Faculty Of Science University Of The Ryukyus
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