PROTOPLASMIC MOVEMENT IN THE FORAMINIFERAN, ALLOGROMIA-LATICOLLARIS - AND A THEORY OF ITS MECHANISM
PROTOPLASMIC MOVEMENT IN THE FORAMINIFERAN, ALLOGROMIA-LATICOLLARIS - AND A THEORY OF ITS MECHANISM
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DOI:
10.2307/1539042
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发表时间:
1959-01-01
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
RINALDI, RA
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作者:
JAHN, TL;RINALDI, RA
Protoplasmic streaming in the reticulopodia of Allogromia laticollaris is always a 2-directional movement of 2 threads of plasmagel, continuous with each other at the end of the pseudopodium, which, together with the attached granules, make up the entire structure of the smaller reticulopodia. There is no gel tube, no central core of stereoplasm, and no outer hyaline layer. This seems to be the simplest form of filament streaming known to exist. It is proposed that the mechanism of filament streaming consists of active shearing forces located between the adjacent surfaces of the 2 gel filaments acting longitudinally and oppositely from one filament to the other so as to produce 2-way streaming. This theory will explain movement in the absence of a gel tube and of a central core of stereoplasm, the reversal of direction of moving granules at the tip of each pseudopodium, the presence of numerous parallel but separate pathways in the larger pseudopodia, the presence of 2-way streaming in freshly cut pseudopodia, and the presence of normal streaming in small protoplasmic fragments. It is suggested that the gel threads of the reticulopodia may not be covered by a typical cell membrane but that the membrane may be merely the surface of the gel filament itself. Possible applications of the theory of active shearing forces to protoplasmic movement in other materials and the possible taxonomic significance of the existence of 2 major types of protoplasmic movements, namely pressure flow and filament streaming, are discussed.