ENERGY EXPENDITURE FOR GLIDING MOTILITY IN A BLUE‐GREEN ALGA1
- 1 September 1971
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Phycology
- Vol. 7 (3) , 258-260
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.1971.tb01511.x
Abstract
SUMMARY: The energy required to overcome viscous drag in a gliding trichome of a blue‐green alga advancing and rotating through a medium of known viscosity (67 poise at 25 C) has been calculated to be about 0.05% of the energy available from oxidative phosphorylation (based on respiration measurements), whereas 0.2–5% are possible figures for the amount actually expended. These values represent a low energy demand for a function of probable high survival value, but are comparable to estimates for motility in flagellated cells.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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