Water relations during desiccation of cysts of the potato-cyst nematode Globodera rostochiensis.
J Comp Physiol B
; 171(2): 121-6, 2001 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
The loss during desiccation of osmotically active water (OAW), which freezes during cooling to -45 degrees C, and osmotically inactive water (OIW), which remains unfrozen, from the cysts of the potato cyst nematode, Globodera rostochiensis, was determined using differential scanning calorimetry. Exotherms and endotherms associated with non-egg compartments were not detected after 5 min desiccation at 50% relative humidity and 20 degrees C. The pattern of water loss from the cysts indicates that water is lost from compartments outside the eggs first, that nearly all the non-egg water is OAW and that the OIW content of the cyst is contained within the eggs. Water is lost from the eggs only after the OAW content outside the eggs falls below that within the eggs. Both OAW and OIW are lost from the eggs during desiccation but the eggs retain a small amount of OIW. Other animals which survive some desiccation but which are not anhydrobiotic will tolerate the loss of OAW but not the loss of their OIW. Anhydrobiotic animals can survive the loss of both their OAW and a substantial proportion of their OIW.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Equilibrio Hidroelectrolítico
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Agua
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Nematodos
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Comp Physiol B
Asunto de la revista:
BIOQUIMICA
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FISIOLOGIA
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METABOLISMO
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Nueva Zelanda