The Effect of Carbon Dioxide on Glycogenesis in Moniliformis dubius (Acanthocephala)

Abstract

Moniliformis can synthesize polysaccharide from glucose an-aerobically, in the absence or presence of CO2. Therefore, unlike Hymenolepis diminuta, carbon dioxide seems to have little effect on glycogenesis in this acanthocaphalan. The polysaccharide content of the male worms was significantly greater than that of the females both in the control and experimental worms supplied with glucose. The difference between males and females incubated without glucose was not significant.