CULTURE OF THE HETEROTROPHIC DINOFLAGELLATE PROTOPERIDINIUM CRASSIPES (DINOPHYCEAE) WITH NONCELLULAR FOOD ITEMS1 |
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| Authors: | Aika Yamaguchi Takeo Horiguchi |
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| Institution: | 1. Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi 783‐8502, Japan;2. Author for correspondence: e‐mail .;3. Department of Natural History Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060‐0810, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The genus Protoperidinium is an assemblage of heterotrophic dinoflagellates, several species of which have been successfully cultured in the past using various photosynthetic algae as a food source. We succeeded in culturing Protoperidinium crassipes (Kof.) Balech on three separate occasions for periods ranging from 2 to 21 months using rice flour as a food source. In these cultures, unusual small types of cells that were never observed to actively feed sometimes appeared. We confirmed that P. crassipes in culture exhibited bioluminescence. |
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| Keywords: | bioluminescence culture heterotrophic dinoflagellate pallium feeding Protoperidinium |
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