High-speed video observation of swimming behavior and flagellar motility ofProrocentrum minimum (Dinophyceae) |
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Authors: | Iku Miyasaka Kenji Nanba Ken Furuya Yoshihachiro Nimura |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8657 Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary To understand the functions of the longitudinal and transverse flagella of dinoflagellates, the flagellar waveform and frequency of each flagellum were observed by high-speed video-recording. The longitudinal flagellum emerged from the anterior end of the cell and beat with a planar undulating wave whose plane was perpendicular to the valval sutural plane. The transverse flagellum curved around the anterior end of the cell and beat with a helical wave, with different alternating half pitches. The half pitch corresponding to the parts farther from the cellular antero-posterior axis was shorter than that of the parts closer to the axis. This pattern is described by the ratio of the outer-parts half pitch to the pitch of the whole period of the helix and seems to be characteristic of the dinoflagellates' transverse flagellum.Abbreviations pin half pitch corresponding to the inner parts of the transverse flagellum - pout half pitch corresponding to the outer parts of the transverse flagellum - Pp pitch of helical swimming trajectory - Rp radius of helical swimming trajectory - c rotational frequency of the cell |
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Keywords: | Dinoflagellate Swimming Flagellum Motility Highspeed video-recording |
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