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ULTRASTRUCTURE OF NOCTILUCA MILIARIS (PYRROPHYTA) WITH GREEN FLAGELLATE SYMBIONTS 1, 2
Author(s) -
Sweeney Beatrice M.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.1529-8817.1978.tb00643.x
Subject(s) - flagellate , biology , ultrastructure , bioluminescence , vesicle , cytoplasm , protozoa , botany , dinoflagellate , biophysics , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , membrane
The ultrastructure of the Noctiluca miliaris Suriray from Southest Asian waters which contains the green flagellate, Pedinomonas noctilucae (Subrahmanyan) Sweeney, is in all major respects similar to that of the European strain. New details of the thecal vesicles, pellicle and underlying microtubules are presented. The possibility that the lipid vesicles are identical with the strongly phase‐retarding bodies in the surface cytoplasm, some of which are “microsources” of bioluminescence, is suggested.