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Response of the bacterial symbiont Holospora caryophila to different growth conditions of its host. / Castelli, M.; Lanzoni, O.; Fokin, S.I.; Schrallhammer, M.; Petroni, G.
In: European Journal of Protistology, No. 1, 2015, p. 98-108.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Response of the bacterial symbiont Holospora caryophila to different growth conditions of its host
AU - Castelli, M.
AU - Lanzoni, O.
AU - Fokin, S.I.
AU - Schrallhammer, M.
AU - Petroni, G.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - © 2014 Elsevier GmbH.Previous studies on bacterial symbionts of ciliates have shown that some symbionts can be maintained relatively well under standard laboratory conditions whereas others are frequently lost, especially when the host is cultivated at a high division rate. In this study, the variation in infection level by the endosymbiont Holospora caryophila within its host population Paramecium octaurelia was investigated in response to three alimentary treatments and a subsequent starvation phase. The response of the ciliates was determined as a nearly exponential growth rate with different slopes in each treatment, proportional to the amount of food received. The initial infection level was higher than 90%. After 24 days of exponential host's growth, the prevalence remained stable at approximately 90% in all treatments, even after a subsequent starvation phase of 20 days. However, at intermediate time-points in both the feeding and the starvation phase, fluctuations in the presence of the intracellular
AB - © 2014 Elsevier GmbH.Previous studies on bacterial symbionts of ciliates have shown that some symbionts can be maintained relatively well under standard laboratory conditions whereas others are frequently lost, especially when the host is cultivated at a high division rate. In this study, the variation in infection level by the endosymbiont Holospora caryophila within its host population Paramecium octaurelia was investigated in response to three alimentary treatments and a subsequent starvation phase. The response of the ciliates was determined as a nearly exponential growth rate with different slopes in each treatment, proportional to the amount of food received. The initial infection level was higher than 90%. After 24 days of exponential host's growth, the prevalence remained stable at approximately 90% in all treatments, even after a subsequent starvation phase of 20 days. However, at intermediate time-points in both the feeding and the starvation phase, fluctuations in the presence of the intracellular
U2 - 10.1016/j.ejop.2014.11.006
DO - 10.1016/j.ejop.2014.11.006
M3 - Article
SP - 98
EP - 108
JO - European Journal of Protistology
JF - European Journal of Protistology
SN - 0932-4739
IS - 1
ER -
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