Article Title
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1968
Keywords
Jellyfishes; Symbiosis; Algae
Abstract
Symbiodinium microadriaticum were found localized in the mesoglea of Cassiopeia, the upside-down jellyfish. Axenic cultures of the symbiont were produced, utilizing chemically defined media. Studies of the life cycle established the presence of isogametes which had previously been postulated. Reactions to various bands of the spectrum were noted, and tolerance tests for survival in darkness and under temperature stress were carried out. Nutritional experiments established nitrates as the best nitrogen source and verified the fact that vitamins B12 and Thiamine, though not essential far life, hove a stimulating effect on the growth and motility of these zooxanthellae.
First Page
71
Last Page
73
Recommended Citation
Ahles, D.
(1968).
Some Aspects of the Symbionts of Cassiopeia frondosa.
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science, Vol. 35 No.2, 71-73.
Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/jmas/vol35/iss2/3
Primo Type
Article