ATTRACTION AND ATTACHMENT OF ZOOSPORES OF PARASITIC CHYTRID ROZELLA-ALLOMYCIS IN RESPONSE TO HOST-DEPENDENT FACTORS
ATTRACTION AND ATTACHMENT OF ZOOSPORES OF PARASITIC CHYTRID ROZELLA-ALLOMYCIS IN RESPONSE TO HOST-DEPENDENT FACTORS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf02451752
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发表时间:
1974-01-01
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
HELD, AA
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作者:
HELD, AA
This study examined the behavior of populations of zoospores of the obligately parasitic, endobiotic chytridRozella allomycistowards young, vegetative thalli of various saprophytic fungi, in order to identify host-dependent factors which control the development ofRozella. An inverted microscope was employed for continuous observation of parasite-host interaction in petri dishes of broth or agar medium. Two factors appear to control the initial stages of invasion byRozellaof both susceptible and resistant species of the host genus,Allomyces: (i) a soluble exudate which attractsRozellazoospores, (ii) a receptor on the cell-wall surface which causesRozellazoospores to adhere, and to encyst and to germinate immediately thereafter. A related, nonsusceptible species,Blastocladiella emersonii, also attractsRozellazoospores, but supports very limited attachment.Rozellazoospores neither accumulate around, nor adhere to young thalli of non-blastocladialean fungi. This host-specific behavior pattern is compared with that of saprophytic and facultatively parasitic Phycomycetes, whose zoospores show nonspecific chemotactic responses and require no receptor for attachment, encystment and germination.