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- Title
FINE STRUCTURE OF BIFLAGELLATE ZOOSPORES OF ASTEROCOCCUS SUPERBUS (TETRASPORALES, CHLOROPHYCEAE), INCLUDING THE ABSOLUTE CONFIGURATION OF THE FLAGELLAR APPARATUS.
- Authors
Leonardi, Patricia I.; Rodríguez, María C.; Cáceres, Eduardo J.
- Abstract
The ultrastructure of zoospores of Asterococcus superbus (Cienk.) Scherffel was studied to provide ultrastructural data relevant to the systematic position of the genus. Our results demonstrated that the motile cells of A. superbus were similar to those of the tetrasporalean algae, such as Tetraspora sp. and Tetrasporidium javanicum Moebius. The flagellar apparatus of A. superbus had the same clock-wise orientation of basal bodies and the V-shaped alignment of basal bodies as Tetraspora cylindrica (Wahlb.) Ag. and T. lubrica (Roth) Ag., but differed by having rhizoplasts. The motile cells of A. superbus displayed chlamydomonadal ultrastructure, similar to Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Dangeard, including the absolute configuration of the flagellar apparatus. The pyrenoid matrix in A. superbus, however, showed a large lateral invagination occupied by chloroplast stroma, a characteristic that has never been observed in Chlorophyta.
- Subjects
ZOOSPORES; FRESHWATER algae
- Publication
Journal of Phycology, 2000, Vol 36, Issue 4, p714
- ISSN
0022-3646
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1529-8817.2000.99074.x