scholarly journals The Ecology of the Tropical Compound Ascidian Trididemnum solidum. III. Symbiotic Association with Unicellular Algae

1981 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 53-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Sybesma ◽  
FC van Duyl ◽  
RPM Bak
2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Griffin M. McDaniels ◽  
Katelyn T. McDaniels ◽  
Chris A. Murdock ◽  
James R. Rayburn ◽  
George R. Cline

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-106
Author(s):  
O. V. Vakulenko ◽  
O. O. Grigorieva ◽  
M. A. Berezovskaya ◽  
A. I. Datsenko

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 93-97
Author(s):  
Anil Kumar A ◽  
Raja Sheker K ◽  
Naveen B ◽  
Abhilash G ◽  
Akila CR

Seas assets that give us a variety of characteristic items to control bacterial, contagious and viral ailment and mostly utilized for malignancy chemotherapy practically from spineless creatures, for example, bryozoans, wipes, delicate corals, coelenterates, ocean fans, ocean bunnies, molluscs and echinoderms. In the previous 30 - 40 years, marine plants and creatures have been the focal point of overall endeavours to characterize the regular results of the marine condition. Numerous marine characteristic items have been effectively exceptional to the last phases of clinical preliminaries, including dolastatin-10, a group of peptides disengaged from Indian ocean rabbit, Dollabella auricularia. Ecteinascidin-743 from mangrove tunicate Ecteinascidia turbinata, Didemnins was isolated from Caribbean tunicate Trididemnum solidum and Conopeptides from cone snails (Conus sp.), and a developing number of up-and-comers have been chosen as promising leads for expanded pre-clinical appraisals. Sea anemones possess numerous tentacles containing stinging cells or cnidocytes. The stinging cells are equipped with small organelles known as nematocysts. The two species of sea anemones namely, Heteractis magnificaandStichodactyla haddoni, were collected from Mandapam coastal waters of Ramanathapuram district, Tamilnadu, India. The Nematocyst was collected and centrifuged, and the supernatant was lyophilized and stored for further analysis. The amount of protein from Heteractis Magnifica and Stichodactyla haddoni was estimated. The crude extract has shown haemolytic activity on chicken blood and goat blood. In the antibacterial activity of the sea anemone against six bacterial strains Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhii, Salmonella paratyphii, Klebsiella pneumonia, Vibrio cholerae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antibacterial activity of H. Magnifica and S.haddoni was measured as the radius of the zone of inhibition.


Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2200
Author(s):  
Ruben X. G. Silva ◽  
Paulo Cartaxana ◽  
Ricardo Calado

Berghia stephanieae is a stenophagous sea slug that preys upon glass anemones, such as Exaiptasia diaphana. Glass anemones host photosynthetic dinoflagellate endosymbionts that sea slugs ingest when consuming E. diaphana. However, the prevalence of these photosynthetic dinoflagellate endosymbionts in sea slugs appears to be short-lived, particularly if B.stephanieae is deprived of prey that host these microalgae (e.g., during bleaching events impacting glass anemones). In the present study, we investigated this scenario, along with food deprivation, and validated the use of a non-invasive and non-destructive approach employing chlorophyll fluorescence as a proxy to monitor the persistence of the association between sea slugs and endosymbiotic photosynthetic dinoflagellates acquired through the consumption of glass anemones. Berghia stephanieae deprived of a trophic source hosting photosynthetic dinoflagellate endosymbionts (e.g., through food deprivation or by feeding on bleached E. diaphana) showed a rapid decrease in minimum fluorescence (Fo) and photosynthetic efficiency (Fv/Fm) when compared to sea slugs fed with symbiotic anemones. A complete loss of endosymbionts was observed within 8 days, confirming that no true symbiotic association was established. The present work opens a new window of opportunity to rapidly monitor in vivo and over time the prevalence of associations between sea slugs and photosynthetic dinoflagellate endosymbionts, particularly during bleaching events that prevent sea slugs from incorporating new microalgae through trophic interactions.


1983 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 431 ◽  
Author(s):  
DJ Griffiths ◽  
L Thinh

In the symbiotic association between the prokaryotic green alga Prochloron and three didemnid host species (Diplosoma similis, Lissoclinum bistratum, Trididemnum cyclops), between 6 and 51 % of the total carbon fixed during exposure for 1 h to H14CO3- in the light (150 �E m-2 s-1) becomes associated with the host tissue. Dark fixation of 14CO2 in these ascidian species and in Lissoclinum punctatum never exceeds 6% of photosynthetic fixation at saturating light intensity. The corresponding values for dark fixation of 14CO2 in isolated Prochloron cells fall within the same range. There is very little excretion of photosynthate from whole colonies of the above ascidian species nor from Didemnum molle, Lissoclinum voeltzkowi and Trididemnum miniatum (usually less than 1 % of total photosynthate at saturation light intensity), suggesting an efficient transfer mechanism from Prochloron to host. Evidence from pulse-chase experiments suggests that transfer probably involves the early products of photosynthesis. The extent of transfer of photosynthate between Prochloron and T. cyclops varies with the rate of photosynthetic 14CO2 fixation into the whole colony but there is some transfer even at low light intensities, which strongly limit photosynthesis.


Agronomy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandra Mohan Singh ◽  
Poornima Singh ◽  
Aditya Pratap ◽  
Rakesh Pandey ◽  
Shalini Purwar ◽  
...  

Yellow mosaic disease (YMD) affects several types of leguminous crops, including the Vigna species, which comprises a number of commercially important pulse crops. YMD is characterized by the formation of a bright yellow mosaic pattern on the leaves; in severe forms, this pattern can also be seen on stems and pods. This disease leads to tremendous yield losses, even up to 100%, in addition to deterioration in seed quality. Symptoms of this disease are similar among affected plants; YMD is not limited to mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) and also affects other collateral and alternate hosts. In the last decade, rapid advancements in molecular detection techniques have been made, leading to an improved understanding of YMD-causing viruses. Three distinct bipartite begomoviruses, namely, Mungbean Yellow Mosaic India Virus (MYMIV), Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus (MYMV), and Horsegram Yellow Mosaic Virus (HgYMV), are known to cause YMD in Vigna spp. Vigna crops serve as an excellent protein source for vegetarians worldwide; moreover, they aid in improving soil health by fixing atmospheric nitrogen through a symbiotic association with Rhizobium bacteria. The loss in the yield of these short-duration crops due to YMD, thus, needs to be checked. This review highlights the discoveries that have been made regarding various aspects of YMD affecting mungbean, including the determination of YMD-causing viruses and strategies used to develop high-yielding YMD-resistant mungbean varieties that harness the potential of related Vigna species through the use of different omics approaches.


2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Mouradi ◽  
Mohamed Farissi ◽  
Abdelaziz Bouizgaren ◽  
Bouchra Makoudi ◽  
Ablaa Kabbadj ◽  
...  

1987 ◽  
Vol 242 (2) ◽  
pp. 367-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Henry ◽  
R Powls ◽  
J F Pennock

Three isomers of methylphytylbenzoquinone have been isolated from lipids of the unicellular alga Scenedesmus obliquus, the most abundant being 2-methyl-6-phytylbenzoquinone (65% of the total). The 2-methyl-3-phytyl and 2-methyl-5-phytyl isomers amounted to 8 and 27% respectively. Previously problems have been encountered in the separation of the 3-phytyl and the 6-phytyl isomers, but in the present study it was found that they separated readily as quinols. Phytyl plastoquinone was also found and the relevance of these compounds to the biosynthesis of alpha-tocopherol is discussed. As well as phylloquinone, a hydroxyphylloquinone was detected, and studies indicated that it is the 5′ carbon atom to which the hydroxy group is attached. Such a compound has been found by workers using other unicellular algae.


1982 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 2243-2248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm J. Mcconville ◽  
Nicholas S. Fisher ◽  
Adrienne E. Clarke
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