Oxygen uptake byDiclidophora merlangi(Monogenea)
- 1 October 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Parasitology
- Vol. 69 (2) , 201-205
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000048046
Abstract
Diclidophora merlangiwas found to consume oxygen under a variety of experimental conditions. TheQo2of homogenates was 0.415 μl oxygen consumed/mg wet wt/h. Oxygen uptake was reduced in the presence of inhibitors: cyanide 0.1 mM and 5.0 mM, 100%; rotenone 10−6M, 56%; antimycin A10−6M, 63 %; malonate 10 mM, 36 %; arsenite 5 mM, 46 %; fluoroacetate 5 mM, 47 %. Worms died after 1 h incubation in 1 mM cyanide. It is suggested that these data provide evidence for the existence of a functional TCA cycle and respiratory chain of the classical pattern in this fluke.Keywords
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