Nutritional significance of symbiotic bacteria in two species of hemoflagellates.
Symbiote-free strains of Blastocrithidia culicis and Crithidia oncopelti, obtained by chloramphenicol treatment, were compared nutritionally with normal, symbiote-containing strains. The symbiotic bacteria spare the flagellates requirements for exogenous hemin and for other nutritional factors present in liver extract.
D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D001769:Blood / Q000378:metabolism; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000494:pharmacology; D003470:Culture Media; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D006418:Heme / Q000378:metabolism; D008110:Liver Extracts / Q000378:metabolism; D012287:Rickettsiaceae / Q000378:metabolism*; D013559:Symbiosis / Q000187:drug effects
D003470:Culture Media; D008110:Liver Extracts; D006418:Heme; D002701:Chloramphenicol