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A Method for Estimating Cell Volume of Amoebae Based on Measurements of Cell Length of Motile Forms: Physiological and Ecological Applications
Author(s) -
ROGER ANDERSON O.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of eukaryotic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 1066-5234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00095.x
Subject(s) - biology , testate amoebae , biological system , volume (thermodynamics) , ecology , thermodynamics , physics , peat
. A novel method of estimating the cell volume of non‐testate, free‐living amoebae is presented. Measurements of the length ( L ) of motile forms of some amoebae, obtained by applying some basic rules, can be used to calculate diameter ( D ) using a relatively simple formula, derived from regression analysis ( N =39): D =0.6 L . Important physiological and ecological variables, including carbon content and respiratory rate, can then be easily calculated using this estimated cell volume.