ABSTRACT
Autofluorescence is reported for the first time in Myxomycete fruiting bodies. Ultrastructure of stalked sporangia of Diachea leucopodia (Didymiaceae, Physarales) was studied using scanning and transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis, and fluorescence microscopy. External and internal properties of the peridium that surround the spores and capillitium exhibit autofluorescence. The stalk is composed of calcareous granules and energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis demonstrates that the elemental composition of the peridium, capillitium, and stalk has varying concentrations of calcium.
Subject(s)
Chemical Phenomena , Mycetozoa/chemistry , Mycetozoa/ultrastructure , Sporangia/chemistry , Sporangia/ultrastructure , Fluorescence , Microscopy, Electron, Scanning , Microscopy, Electron, Transmission , Microscopy, Fluorescence , Spectrometry, X-Ray EmissionABSTRACT
Comparative analysis of archamoebae and slime molds morphology revealed that this organisms have a marked similarity in organization of locomotive forms, structure of glycocalix and also in organization of nuclear and flagellar apparatus. A possible scheme of formation the modern diversity of Conosa group was proposed.
