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The vacuome of the flagellate Chlamydomonas
Author(s) -
Hall Richard P.,
Nigrelli Ross F.
Publication year - 1931
Publication title -
journal of morphology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1097-4687
pISSN - 0362-2525
DOI - 10.1002/jmor.1050510207
Subject(s) - flagellate , biology , chlamydomonas , starch , neutral red , congo red , botany , biophysics , biochemistry , chemistry , in vitro , organic chemistry , adsorption , cytotoxicity , mutant , gene
A vacuome (‘Golgi apparatus’) consisting of small globular inclusions has been demonstrated in Chlamydomonas sp. These inclusions may be seen in the living, unstained organism; they are stainable vitally with neutral red; they have been stained vitally with neutral red and then blackened with osmic vapor under direct observation, and they have been impregnated by osmic and silver methods without previous treatment with neutral red. The reaction of these inclusions to the iodin test for starch suggests that they may play some rǒle, possibly one of storage, in the cycle of starch metabolism.