GAS VACUOLE DEVELOPMENT IN A BLUE-GREEN ALGA

被引:59
作者
WAALAND, JR
BRANTON, D
机构
关键词
D O I
10.1126/science.163.3873.1339
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
De novo production of gas vacuoles can be induced in the blue-green alga Nostoc muscorum by transferring the cells from a defined medium to distilled water. The unusual ultrastructure of the gas vacuole membranes permits their easy recognition when specimens are prepared for electron microscopy by freeze-etching. The youngest gas vacuoles are biconical organelles; 48 hours after induction the gas vacuoles reach their maximum observed length when they are cylinders (1.5 by 0.1 μ) with comical ends.
引用
收藏
页码:1339 / &
相关论文
共 16 条
[1]   SIMPLE CONDITIONS FOR GROWTH OF UNICELLULAR BLUE-GREEN ALGAE ON PLATES [J].
ALLEN, MM .
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY, 1968, 4 (01) :1-&
[2]  
CANABAEUS L, 1928, PFLANZENFORSCHUNG, V13, P1
[3]   DIE ULTRASTRUKTUR VON OSCILLATORIA RUBESCENS D C [J].
JOST, M .
ARCHIV FUR MIKROBIOLOGIE, 1965, 50 (03) :211-+
[4]   FINE STRUCTURE OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE [J].
LANG, NJ .
ANNUAL REVIEW OF MICROBIOLOGY, 1968, 22 :15-+
[5]   ON GAS VACUOLES OF HALOBACTERIA [J].
LARSEN, H ;
OMANG, S ;
STEENSLA.H .
ARCHIV FUR MIKROBIOLOGIE, 1967, 59 (1-3) :197-&
[6]   NEW FREEZING-ULTRAMICROTOME [J].
MOOR, H ;
WALDNER, H ;
MUHLETHALER, K ;
FREYWYSSLING, A .
JOURNAL OF BIOPHYSICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CYTOLOGY, 1961, 10 (01) :1-&
[7]   FINE STRUCTURE IN FROZEN-ETCHED YEAST CELLS [J].
MOOR, H ;
MUHLETHALER, K .
JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY, 1963, 17 (03) :609-&
[8]   CULTURALLY INDUCED VARIATION IN 4 MORPHOLOGICALLY DIVERSE BLUEGREEN ALGAE [J].
PEARSON, JE ;
KINGSBURY, JM .
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 1966, 53 (02) :192-+
[9]   SOME PROPERTIES OF GREEN BACTERIUM PELODICTYON CLATHRATIFORME [J].
PFENNIG, N ;
COHENBAZ.G .
ARCHIV FUR MIKROBIOLOGIE, 1967, 59 (1-3) :226-&
[10]   NATURE OF PSEUDOVACUOLES IN CYANOPHYCEAE [J].
PRINGSHE.EG .
NATURE, 1966, 210 (5035) :549-&