Food capture and adhesion by the heliozoon Actinophrys sol

Protoplasma

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 130-137

  Sakaguchi, M ^a,b   Hausmann, K ^b   Suzaki, T ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actinophrys sol; Exocytosis; Extrusomes; Feeding behavior; Heliozoa; Prey adhesion

Indexed keywords

FORAGING;

ACTINOPHRYS SOL; CHLOROGONIUM ELONGATUM; HELIOZOA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0031683042     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01279469     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Grebecki A, Hausmann K (1992) Surface coat shedding and axopodial movements in Actinophrys sol. Eur J Protistol 28: 390-397
2. _ _ (1993) Motor behaviour of prey during first steps of food capture by Actinophrys sol. Acta Protozool 32: 157-164
3. Harumoto T (1994) The role of trichocyst discharge and backward swimming in escaping behavior of Paramecium from Dileptus margaritifer. J Eukaryot Microbiol 41: 560-564
4. _ Miyake A (1991) Defensive function of trichocysts in Paramecium. J Exp Zool 260: 84-92
5. Hausmann K (1978) Extrusive organelles in protists. Int Rev Cytol 52: 197-276
6. _ Hülsmann N (1996) Protozoology, 2nd edn. Georg Thieme, Stuttgart
7. _ Patterson DJ (1982) Pseudopod formation and membrane production during prey capture by a heliozoon (Feeding by Actinophrys, II). Cell Motil 2: 9-24
8. Knoll G, Haacke-Bell B, Plattner H (1991) Local trichocyst exocytosis provides an efficient escape mechanism for Paramecium cells. Eur J Protistol 27: 381-385
9. Kugrens P, Lee RE, Corliss JO (1994) Ultrastructure, biogenesis, and functions of extrusive organelles in selected non-ciliate protists. Protoplasma 181: 164-190
10. Linnenbach M, Hausmann K, Patterson DJ (1983) Ultrastructural studies on the food vacuole cycle of a heliozoon (Feeding by Actinophrys, III). Protoplasma 115: 43-51
11. Miyake A, Harumoto T (1996) Defensive function of trichocysts in Paramecium against the predatory ciliate Monodinium balbiani. Eur J Protistol 32: 128-133
12. _ _ Salvi B, Rivola V (1990) Defensive function of pigment granules in Blepharisma japonicum. Eur J Protistol 25: 310-315
13. Patterson DJ, Hausmann K (1981) Feeding by Actinophrys sol (Protista, Heliozoa) 1: light microscopy. Microbios 31: 39-55
14. Reynolds ES (1963) The use of lead citrate at high pH as an electronopaque stain in electron microscopy. J Cell Biol 17: 208-212
15. Sakaguchi M, Hausmann K (1997) Factors involved in food capture by Actinophryrs sol. In: Abstracts of the 10th International Congress of Protozoology, Sydney, New South Wales, 21-25 July, 1997, p 173
16. Shigenaka Y, Maruoka T, Toyohara A, Suzaki T (1979) Studies on cell fusion of heliozoons V: cell membrane fluidity and surface coat in close relation to the fusion reaction. Annot Zool Japon 52: 163-178
17. _ Yano K, Yogosawa R, Suzaki T (1982) Rapid contraction of the microtubule-containing axopodia in a large heliozoon Echinosphaerium. In: Sakai H, Mohri H, Borisy GG (eds) Biological functions of microtubules and related structures. Academic Press, New York, pp 105-114
18. Spurr AR (1969) A low-viscosity epoxy resin embedding medium for electron microscopy. J Ultrastruct Res 26: 31-43
19. Suzaki T, Shigenaka Y, Watanabe S, Toyohara A (1980) Food capture and ingestion in the large heliozoon Echinosphaerium nucleofilum. J Cell Sci 42: 61-79