The ability of Tetrahymena utriculariae (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) to colonize traps of different species of aquatic carnivorous Utricularia

0538624 - BC 2021 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Sirová, Dagmara - Kreidlová, V. - Adamec, Lubomír - Vrba, J.
The ability of Tetrahymena utriculariae (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) to colonize traps of different species of aquatic carnivorous Utricularia.
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. Roč. 67, č. 5 (2020), s. 608-611. ISSN 1066-5234. E-ISSN 1550-7408
Institutional support: RVO:60077344 ; RVO:67985939
Keywords : Affinity * ciliate * colonization * long-term survival * rootless plant * sterile traps * trap fluid * Utricularia reflexa * zoochlorellae
OECD category: Microbiology; Plant sciences, botany (BU-J)
Impact factor: 3.346, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12812

The host specificity of the recently described ciliate speciesTetrahymena utriculariaewas tested in a greenhouse growth experiment, which included 14 different species of aquaticUtriculariaas potential host plants. We confirmed the high specificity of the interaction betweenU. reflexaandT. utriculariae, the former being the only tested host species able to maintain colonization for prolonged time periods. We conclude that this plant-microbe relationship is a unique and specialized form of digestive mutualism and the plant-microbe unit a suitable experimental system for future ecophysiological studies.
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