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The fate of the endocytobionts ofBlattella germanica(Blattaria: Blattellidae) andperiplaneta Americana(Blattaria: Blattidae) during embryo development

 

作者: Luciano Sacchi,   Silvia Corona,   Aldo Grigolo,   Ugo Laudani,   MariaGloria Selmi,   Elisa Bigliardi,  

 

期刊: Italian Journal of Zoology  (Taylor Available online 1996)
卷期: Volume 63, issue 1  

页码: 1-11

 

ISSN:1125-0003

 

年代: 1996

 

DOI:10.1080/11250009609356100

 

出版商: Taylor & Francis Group

 

关键词: Blattella Germanica;Periplaneta Americana;Symbiotic Bacteria;Vitellophages;Embryo

 

数据来源: Taylor

 

摘要:

In this paper we describe the behaviour of the symbiotic bacteria ofBlattella germanicaandPeriplaneta americanaduring embryo development using transmission and scanning electron microscopy. InBlattella germanica, the bacteria are transferred by endocytosis to the egg cell and are sited in its peripheral cytoplasm; thence they begin to internalize in the yolk, using cytoskeletic structures which are probably only synthesized at this particular phase of their migration. In the 6–7‐day‐old embryo, the bacteria are in close contact with the vitellophages scattered in the yolk, where some of them appear to be in a degenerative phase. InPeriplaneta americana, after the internalization of the bacteria, there is the formation of the mycetome which appears to be made up of a syncytial envelope, probably formed by the vitellophages, that contains a ball of symbionts of considerable number. During development, there is a progressive decline in the bacterial population, caused by complex lytic processes which take place inside the mycetome. In embryos aged more than 17 days, the mycetome tends to regress, while there are many bacteriocytes present. A hypothesis for interpreting this phenomenon is that the embryo may use the bacteria as nutrients. It cannot, however, be excluded that the formation of the mycetome may be the expression of a cellular immune process.

 

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