Chemotactic attraction between hemocytes of the oyster,Crassostrea virginica,and bacteria |
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Authors: | Thomas C. Cheng Keith H. Howland |
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Affiliation: | Institute for Pathobiology, Center for Health Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015 USA |
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Abstract: | Experiments were conducted to ascertain whether there is chemotactic attraction by Bacillus megaterium and Micrococcus varians, both Gram-positive species, and Escherichia coli and Vibrio parahaemolyticus, both Gram-negative species, for hemocytes of the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica. It was ascertained quantitatively that oyster hemocytes are attracted to live E. coli, B. megaterium, and M. varians but not to heat-killed bacteria. Furthermore, oyster cells are not attracted to either live or heat-killed V. parahaemolyticus. It is concluded that the chemoattractant is some molecule emitted by living vegetative cells of certain Gram-positive as well as Gramnegative bacteria. |
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Keywords: | Chemotaxis hemocytes, molluscan |
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