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Bactericidal Activity of Coelomic Fluid of the Sea Urchin, Echinus Esculentus, on Different Marine Bacteria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Matthew Service  and
Alastair C. Wardlaw
Matthew Service
Affiliation:
University Marine Biological Station, Millport, Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland KA28 oEG
Alastair C. Wardlaw
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G11 6NU
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Coelomic fluid from the edible sea urchin Echinus esculentus (L.) has in vitro bactericidal activity against the marine pseudomonad, designated strain No. 111 (Wardlaw & Unkles, 1978). This particular bacterial strain was chosen because of its highly characteristic jet-black, agar-digesting colonies on marine agar plates which permitted it to be easily distinguishable from contaminants in bactericidal tests. Bactericidal activity is localised in the cellular components of the coelomic fluid, particularly in the red spherule cells (Messer & Wardlaw, 1980) and is demonstrable in almost all animals tested.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 65 , Issue 1 , February 1985 , pp. 133 - 139
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1985

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