Biology of the Precambrian Genus Kakabekia: New Observations on Living Kakabekia barghoorniana

Kakabekia barghoorniana Siegel, living species of a fossil genus Kakabekia, has now been cultured from Alaskan soil samples obtained from the Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau and from the Point Barrow region above the Arctic Circle. Morphological comparisons, especially of mantle variations, show that...

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Main Authors: Siegel, B. Z., Siegel, S. M.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
Biological Sciences: Microbiology
Arctic
Point Barrow
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC283305
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16591868
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spelling ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:283305 2023-05-15T14:58:17+02:00 Biology of the Precambrian Genus Kakabekia: New Observations on Living Kakabekia barghoorniana Siegel, B. Z. Siegel, S. M. 1970-10 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC283305 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16591868 en eng http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC283305 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16591868 Biological Sciences: Microbiology Text 1970 ftpubmed 2013-08-29T17:55:49Z Kakabekia barghoorniana Siegel, living species of a fossil genus Kakabekia, has now been cultured from Alaskan soil samples obtained from the Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau and from the Point Barrow region above the Arctic Circle. Morphological comparisons, especially of mantle variations, show that fossil and living populations overlap in many details. Cytochemical tests demonstrate that living Kakabekia has no storage forms of lipid or polysaccharide and no phenoloxidase. Some individuals (19-33%) contain heme enzymes but most do not; hence they cannot utilize O2 even in air. Text Arctic Point Barrow PubMed Central (PMC) Arctic
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Siegel, S. M.
Biology of the Precambrian Genus Kakabekia: New Observations on Living Kakabekia barghoorniana
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description Kakabekia barghoorniana Siegel, living species of a fossil genus Kakabekia, has now been cultured from Alaskan soil samples obtained from the Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau and from the Point Barrow region above the Arctic Circle. Morphological comparisons, especially of mantle variations, show that fossil and living populations overlap in many details. Cytochemical tests demonstrate that living Kakabekia has no storage forms of lipid or polysaccharide and no phenoloxidase. Some individuals (19-33%) contain heme enzymes but most do not; hence they cannot utilize O2 even in air.
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title Biology of the Precambrian Genus Kakabekia: New Observations on Living Kakabekia barghoorniana
title_short Biology of the Precambrian Genus Kakabekia: New Observations on Living Kakabekia barghoorniana
title_full Biology of the Precambrian Genus Kakabekia: New Observations on Living Kakabekia barghoorniana
title_fullStr Biology of the Precambrian Genus Kakabekia: New Observations on Living Kakabekia barghoorniana
title_full_unstemmed Biology of the Precambrian Genus Kakabekia: New Observations on Living Kakabekia barghoorniana
title_sort biology of the precambrian genus kakabekia: new observations on living kakabekia barghoorniana
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