[Effect of symbiotic algae on the photoaccumulation capacity of cells of the ciliate Paramecium bursaria].
The character of the effect produced by symbiotic algae on photodependent behavior of their host ciliates, Paramecium bursaria, was determined. Partially alga-freed paramecia showed a reliable increase in the rates of photoaccumulation. The photoaccumulation rate gradually decreased with a further decrease in the number of zoochlorellae. Once the chlorophyll content fell down to 20-25 mu/l, the ciliates lost their capacity for photoaccululation. A mathematical model of photoaccumulation has been constructed.
Khromechek
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Institute of Biophysics, Siberian Branch of RAS, Krasnoyarsk.
Musonova
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Barkhatov
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D000818:Animals; D002708:Chlorella / Q000502:physiology*; D008027:Light; D008124:Locomotion; D008954:Models, Biological; D010247:Paramecium / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology*; D013559:Symbiosis