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The significance of dissolved organic compounds in the nutrition of Siboglinum ekmani and other small species of Pogonophora

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A. J. Southward  and
Eve C. Southward
A. J. Southward
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth
Eve C. Southward
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth
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Siboglinum ekmani can accumulate labelled alanine, glycine, phenylalanine, glutamic acid, galactose, glucose, mannose, acetic acid, palmitic acid, lactic acid and glycollic acid from sea water at concentrations between 1 and 100 μM/1. Uptake of fructose and mannitol was not detected. The neutral amino acids were absorbed against a concentration gradient, probably by a carrier-mediated transport mechanism, and similar mechanisms may exist for acidic amino acids and glucose. Most of the compounds entered into the metabolism, but 90% of the glycine accumulated was retained as free amino acid. The presence of glucose appeared to depress uptake of alanine, but uptake of glucose was stimulated by alanine.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 60 , Issue 4 , November 1980 , pp. 1005 - 1034
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1980

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