biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 26:189, 1984 | DOI: 10.1007/BF02895048

Do volvocal algae form their cultures as autonomous systems?

J. Nečas1
1 Department of Autotrophic Microorganisms, Institute of Microbiology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Třeboň, Opatovicky mlýn, Czechoslovakia

A low reproducibility of some characteristics in the life cycle of the volvocal algaChlamydomonas geitleri was observed in repeated experiments. The sets of the cultures were very similar in the number of the studied characteristics, but some of them differed significantly in one or several characteristics whereas the others agreed in a whole set. This is documented by the growth in a nitrogenless medium, the formation of zygotes, and their maturation and germination. The results of a small representative set of experiments were treated by an analysis of variance. Some possible explanations are discussed.

Received: July 14, 1983; Accepted: October 14, 1983; Published: May 1, 1984  Show citation

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Nečas, J. (1984). Do volvocal algae form their cultures as autonomous systems? Biologia plantarum, 26(3), 189. doi: 10.1007/BF02895048
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