STUDIES OF CELL CYCLE IN HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS
STUDIES OF CELL CYCLE IN HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS
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2000
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Meng Zhao-cai
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Meng Zhao-cai
The cell cycle of Haematococcus pluvialis, a biflagellared unicellular green alga and a potential source of natural astaxanthin, was studied out microscopically using camera, CCD color-TV video camera and recorder system. The cell cycle can be divided into two stages (motile and non-motile stage), and all the algae can be classified into four forms of cells: motile cell, non-motile cell, aplanospore and zoospore, while the terms as flagellated cell, palmella akinete, red cell and green cell often appeared in many papers are excluded with different reasons. The main proliferation of cells is accomplished by asexual reproduction both at the motile stage and non-motile stage under normal culture conditions. The motile cells mainly produce 2 zoospores, sometime 4, and occasionally 8 by asexual reproduction. The motile cells and zoospores lose their flagella, stop moving, turn into non-motile cells when exposured to stress environmental conditions. The non-motile cells can produce new cells by asexual reproduction at the non-motile stage even if they are exposed to unfavorable growth conditions. The non-motile cells usually produce 4 or 8 aplanospores, occasionally more than 20 aplanospores were checked in one sporangium. When the culture condition is suitable for Haematococcus pluvialis growth, nonmotile cells with large volume produce 16 zoospores and the small ones produce 8 with unequal cell division speeds as 3, 5, 6, 7''''''; zoospores are often checked in one sporangium. Vegetative reproduction was observed occasionally both in motile cells by direct division and some small non-motile cells by budding. However, sexual reproduction may exist as initial part of isogamy process was monitored once under the laboratory culture condition. Based on the above observation, a primary cell cycle of Haematococcus pluvialis is suggested.