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Two Different Size-Distributions of Engulfment-Related Vesicles Among Symbiotic Protists of the Lower Termite, Reticulitermes speratus
2004 年 19 巻 3 号 p. 211-214
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2004 年 19 巻 3 号 p. 211-214
We analyzed symbiotic protistan engulfment systems using the method of fluorescent imaging. Symbiotic protists can be divided into two protistan groups, Type S (protists that contain uniformly small and spherical vesicles) and Type L (protists that contain vesicles that vary in both size and form). This classification corresponds not to the taxonomic classification, but to the micro-habitats of the protists. Our results suggested that these protists might have adapted to different resources in the hindgut environment of lower termites.
