Autofluorescence and ultrastructure in the Myxomycete Diachea leucopodia (Physarales).
Curr Microbiol
; 67(6): 674-8, 2013 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-23842763
ABSTRACT
Autofluorescence is reported for the first time in Myxomycete fruiting bodies. Ultrastructure of stalked sporangia of Diachea leucopodia (Didymiaceae, Physarales) was studied using scanning and transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis, and fluorescence microscopy. External and internal properties of the peridium that surround the spores and capillitium exhibit autofluorescence. The stalk is composed of calcareous granules and energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis demonstrates that the elemental composition of the peridium, capillitium, and stalk has varying concentrations of calcium.
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Main subject:
Chemical Phenomena
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Mycetozoa
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Sporangia
Language:
En
Journal:
Curr Microbiol
Year:
2013
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Article