High-speed video observation of swimming behavior and flagellar motility ofProrocentrum minimum (Dinophyceae)

Autor:	Ken Furuya, Yoshihachiro Nimura, Kenji Nanba, Iku Miyasaka
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	biology Beat (acoustics) Geometry Cell Biology Plant Science General Medicine Anatomy Flagellum biology.organism_classification Transverse plane Longitudinal flagellum Transverse flagellum otorhinolaryngologic diseases Perpendicular Waveform Dinophyceae
Zdroj:	Protoplasma. 204:38-46
ISSN:	1615-6102 0033-183X
DOI:	10.1007/bf01282292
Popis:	To understand the functions of the longitudinal and transverse flagella of dinoflagellates, the flagellar waveform and frequency of each flagellum were observed by high-speed video-recording. The longitudinal flagellum emerged from the anterior end of the cell and beat with a planar undulating wave whose plane was perpendicular to the valval sutural plane. The transverse flagellum curved around the anterior end of the cell and beat with a helical wave, with different alternating half pitches. The half pitch corresponding to the parts farther from the cellular antero-posterior axis was shorter than that of the parts closer to the axis. This pattern is described by the ratio of the outer-parts half pitch to the pitch of the whole period of the helix and seems to be characteristic of the dinoflagellates' transverse flagellum.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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