THE DIGESTION OF OILS BYAMŒBA PROTEUS.
Open Access
- 31 January 1929
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin
- Vol. 56 (2) , 80-86
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1536919
Abstract
A. proteus successfully breaks down, after micro-injection, the following oils: codliver, cottonseed, olive, peanut, sperm, linseed, oleic, oxfoot. A number of significant differences have been found between A. dubia and A. proteus in their respective ability to break down oils, morphological differences as revealed by injection, measurement of volume and nature of pellicle. Under certain conditions A. dubia undergoes the phenomenon of "capping" with oil. No permanent "capping" ever takes place with A. proteus. A. dubia will under suitable conditions ingest oil. A. proteus under similar conditions never ingests it. A. proteus can live longer under similar adverse conditions than A. dubia.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The Culture of Large Free-Living AmebaeThe American Naturalist, 1928