2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Ultrastructural investigation of mechanisms of the symbiosis and bleaching of the coral-zooxanthellae symbiotic system
| Project/Area Number |
23770064
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Morphology/Structure
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| Research Institution | Kochi University |
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Principal Investigator |
SEKIDA Satoko 高知大学, 教育研究部総合科学系, 准教授 (70314979)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 微細構造 / サンゴ / 褐虫藻 / 共生 / 白化 |
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| Research Abstract |
In the present study, the fine structure of the coral-zooxanthellae symbiotic system in the scleractinian Pocillopora damicornis were clarified by freeze-substitution and freeze-fracture electron microscopies. Ultrastructure of healthy corals and corals exposed to higher temperatures were compared. In addition, a cytokinesis process of the symbiotic zooxanthellae was clarified in detail.
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