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Oxygen uptake by Diclidophora merlangi (Monogenea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

C. Arme  and
M. G. Fox
C. Arme
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
M. G. Fox
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Diclidophora merlangi was found to consume oxygen under a variety of experimental conditions. The Qo2 of homogenates was 0.415 μl oxygen consumed/mg wet wt/h. Oxygen uptake was reduced in the presence of inhibitors: cyanide 0.1 mM and 5.0 mM, 100%; rotenone 10−6 M, 56%; antimycin A10−6 M, 63 %; malonate 10 mM, 36 %; arsenite 5 mM, 46 %; fluoroacetate 5 mM, 47 %. Worms died after 1 h incubation in 1 mM cyanide. It is suggested that these data provide evidence for the existence of a functional TCA cycle and respiratory chain of the classical pattern in this fluke.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 69 , Issue 2 , October 1974 , pp. 201 - 205
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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