CELL DIVISION AND COLONY FORMATION IN THE GREEN ALGACOELASTRUM(CHLOROCOCCALES)1
- 28 June 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Phycology
- Vol. 13 (2), 102-110
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.1977.tb02895.x
Abstract
Multinucleate cells ofCoelastrumundergo precisely directed cytokinesis, guided by phycoplast microtubules, to form a number of uninucleate daughter cells which subsequently adhere to form characteristically patterned aggregates. As there is no movement of the daughter cells relative to one another before their adhesion, the disposition of cells in daughter colonies reflects the pattern of cytokinesis of parent cells. Centrioles lie at the poles of the mitotic nuclei which are partially enclosed by a perinuclear envelope of endoplasmic reticulum. The centrioles disappear at the time of cytokinesis of the parental cell and apparently reformde novoonce the daughter cells have acquired a cell wall following their adhesion. The trilaminar layer of cell wall, often termed the pectic layer, does not stain with ruthenium red and resists acetolysis suggesting that it contains sporopollenin rather than pectin.Keywords
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