LIGHT MICROSCOPE OBSERVATIONS ON CYTOLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF NITRATE, PHOSPHATE, AND SILICATE DEFICIENCY IN FOUR MARINE CENTRIC DIATOMS.

Abstract:

:Cytological changes induced by nitrate or phosphate limitation were reproducible and readily visible by phase contrast microscopy in Coscinodiscus wailesii, Ditylum brightwellii, Rhizosolenia hebetata f. semi-spina, Skeletonema costatum, and Stephanopyxis turris. These effects included changes in chromatophore number and shape, pyrenoid location, and mitochondrial abundance and appearance. In S. costatum, a diatom containing only 1 chromatophore, only nitrogen-deficient cells could be recognized. Silicate deficiency prevented cell division almost entirely. When a few cells did divide in the presence of low silicate, abnormalities in valve structure occurred in some cells. Cytological differences with N and P deficiency may permit a rough assessment of the physiological condition of the same or similar species in natural diatom communities.

journal_name

J Phycol

journal_title

Journal of phycology

authors

Holmes RW

doi

10.1111/j.1529-8817.1966.tb04610.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1966-12-01 00:00:00

pages

136-40

issue

4

eissn

0022-3646

issn

1529-8817

journal_volume

2

pub_type

杂志文章