THE BIOLOGY OF THE SIERRA LUMINOUS MILLIPEDE, LUMINODESMUS SEQUOIAE, LOOMIS AND DAVENPORT
THE BIOLOGY OF THE SIERRA LUMINOUS MILLIPEDE, LUMINODESMUS SEQUOIAE, LOOMIS AND DAVENPORT
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DOI：
10.2307/1538698
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发表时间：
1952-01-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
CUSHING, JE
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作者：
DAVENPORT, D;WOOTTON, DM;CUSHING, JE
讨论了生态学。大量动物的收集使得研究发光的生活史和生理学成为可能。生活史是典型的多连索虫，在成年期之前有7个幼虫阶段。这些动物在孵化时会发光;发光不受自愿控制，并且在动物的生活中似乎不会消失。它的来源似乎在于更深层的珠被。血液和内脏不发光。发光取决于氧的存在，被CO2“毒害”，相对不受氰化物的影响。试图证明经典的荧光素酶反应是不成功的。通过加入ATP、镁离子、Photinus提取物或其任何组合，在体外从整个或磨碎的制剂中引发闪光的尝试是不成功的。在你下面。-这种动物发出明亮的黄绿色荧光。化学和生物学试验表明，动物释放HCN。
The ecology is discussed. Collection of a large number of animals made an investigation of the life-history and physiology of luminescence possible. The life-history is typical of polydesmoids, there being 7 larval stages preceding adulthood. The animals are luminescent at hatching; luminescence is under no voluntary control and appears to be lost at no time during the life of the animal. Its source seems to lie in the deeper layers of the integument. Blood and internal organs are not luminous. The luminescence is dependent upon the presence of oxygen,"poisoned" by CO2 and relatively unaffected by cyanide. Efforts to demonstrate the classical luciferin-luciferase reaction were unsuccessful. Attempts to elicit a light flash in vitro from whole or ground-up preparations by the addition of ATP, magnesium ion, Photinus extract or any combination thereof have been unsuccessful. Under u.-v. light the animal gives a brillant chartreuse-green fluorescence. Chemical and biological tests have indicated the release of HCN by the animal.