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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3948| Title: | Endosymbiotic Yeast Maternally Transmitted in a Marine Sponge A sponge-endosymbiotic yeast |
| Keywords: | Demosponges Chondrilla Endosymbiotic yeast |
| Publisher: | Marine Biological Laboratory |
| Description: | The detection of an endosymbiotic yeast in demosponges of the genus Chondrilla described here records the first such association within the phylum Porifera. The symbiont, interpreted as a yolk body in previous ultrastructural studies, is a chitinous-walled fission yeast. Chitin was detected by an immunocytochemical technique that labels its beta-1,4-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues. Abundant symbiotic yeast cells (4.4 +/- 2.3 cells per 10 microm2) transmitted from the soma through the oocytes to the fertilized eggs are directly propagated by vertical transmission in the female. Vertically transmitted yeast were detected in three Chondrilla species with disjunct biogeographical distributions: the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and the Australian Pacific. Apparently these yeasts are not present in other demosponge genera. Therefore, the fungal endosymbiosis most likely evolved before or during the diversification of the genus Chondrilla. This study was supported by grants from The Perry Institute for Marine Science (CMRC-00-26) and the Spanish Ministry for Science and Technology (MCYTBMC2002- 01228). Peer reviewed |
| URI: | http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3948 |
| Other Identifiers: | Biol. Bull. 209: 94–106. (October 2005) PMID: 16260769 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3948 |
| Appears in Collections: | Digital Csic |
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