The Nutrition of Tetrahymena setifera HZ-1; Sterol and Alcohol Requirements |
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Authors: | G. G. HOLZ,JR.,JOSEPH ERWIN &dagger ,BARBARA WAGNER,NANCY ROSENBAUM |
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Affiliation: | Department of Zoology, Syracuse University, Syracuse 10, New York |
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Abstract: | SYNOPSIS. In a chemically-defined medium Tetrahymena setifera HZ-1 required a sterol, an alcohol, eleven amino acids, a purine, a pyrimidine, and six B-complex vitamins. The sterol requirement was met by a variety of 3β-OH, C27-C29 sterols including cholesterol and stigmasterol, but not by precursors of cholesterol which precede desmosterol or Δ7-cholestenol. Some combinations of long-chain fatty acids with a synthetic dipalmitoyl phosphorylethanolamine partly substituted for sterol. Ethyl and methyl alcohols (but not a variety of other alcohols and organic acids) satisfied the alcohol requirement. |
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