THE NATURE OF THE INTESTINAL VESICLE IN NEMATODES OF THE FAMILY STEINERNEMATIDAE
THE NATURE OF THE INTESTINAL VESICLE IN NEMATODES OF THE FAMILY STEINERNEMATIDAE
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DOI:
10.1016/s0020-7519(83)80032-0
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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4
通讯作者:
AKHURST, RJ
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作者:
BIRD, AF;AKHURST, RJ
The intestinal vesicle is a modification of the ventricular portion of the intesitne of infective larvae of nematodes of the family Steinernematidae. This structure, which normally houses the bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophilus in Steinernema spp., was examined in a number of species either in the living state using differential interference contrast optics or in sections under the EM. In S. bibionis and S. kraussei the vesicle was a thick walled, tapered structure packed with bacteria. In S. glaseri the wall of the vesicle was more irregular in thickness and the bacteria were not so tightly packed; in S. feltiae the wall was thinner still. Development of the vesicle is not dependent on the presence of bacteria; a similar but empty structure was produced in axenically grown infective larvae of S. bibionis. The vesicle of an undescribed steinernematid designated Q1 differed substantially from those mentioned above in that it had distinct microvilli. The lumen of this structure was filled with an amophorous matrix in which bacteria were embedded some distance apart from each other. There appears to be considerable variation in the morphology of the intestinal vesicle in the infective larvae of different steinernematids.