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Scorpions/cytology , Spermatozoa/cytology , Animals , Cell Movement , Chromatin , Flagella , Male , Methods , Microscopy, Electron , Microtubules , MitochondriaSubject(s)
Eukaryota/cytology , Germ Cells , Cell Membrane , Cell Nucleus , Cytogenetics , Cytoplasm , Endoplasmic Reticulum , Male , Microscopy, Electron , Mitochondria , ReproductionABSTRACT
The variability exhibited by Draparnaldia both in nature and in the laboratory makes it difficult to identify the species. The natural variability of Draparnaldia was amplified by the environmental conditions and the media used in this study. With the hope that chromosome studies would aid in taxonomic characterization by providing additional differentiating criteria, special attention was devoted to adapting techniques which could be used to determine chromosome numbers of Draparnaldia isolates. The chromosome numbers reported herein are as follows: (1) Draparnaldia glomerata, Isolate #1, isolated from Davis Falls, Montevallo, Alabama, was found to have a chromosome number of 13. (2) Draparnaldia Isolate #2, an unidentified species obtained from Anniston, Alabama, was found to have a chromosome number of 13. (3) Draparnaldia acuta, Isolate #3 from Northwood Lake, Northport, Alabama, exhibited 26 chromosomes. (4) Draparnaldia plumosa strain 423 (Indiana Culture Collection), 418/a (Cambridge) was observed to have a chromosome number of 13.
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Two new chlorosphaeracean genera were isolated into axenic culture from soil collected in cedar glades in Cedars of Lebanon State Forest, Wilson County, Tennessee. The distinguishing characteristics of the new monotypic genus Axilosphaera include an axile (asymmetric) ckloroplast with at least 1 pyrenoid and Chlamydomonas-type (walled) zoospores. A. vegetata is the type species. Reproduction is by dissociation of daughter cells following vegetative cell division, by zoospores, and by aplanospores. The new polytypic genus Heterotetracystis, comprising 3 species, H. akinetos, H. macrogranulosa, and H. intermedia, is characterized by a parietal chloroplast with at least 1 pyrenoid and walled zoospores with flagella of unequal length. Reproduction is by dissociation of daughter cells following vegetative cell division and by zoospores. H. akinetos is designated as the type species.
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Pulchrasphaera macronucleata gen. et sp. nov. was isolated from a sand dune on Dauphin Island, Alabama. The distinguishing attributes of the genus include a lobed and perforate parietal chloroplast, lack of pyrenoids, and Protosiphon-type zoospores. The specific epithet calls attention to the unusually large nucleus, a character useful in distinguishing P. macronucleata from other spherical, zoospore producing members of the Chlorococcales.
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The life history of a new homothallic species of Chlamydomonas is described. Sexual reproduction involves the pairing and fusion of naked gametes.
