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Trehalose in the Cellular Slime Mould Dictyostelium mucoroides

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IN 1925 Iwanoff1 demonstrated the presence of the non-reducing disaccharide, trehalose, in isolated spores of the acellular slime mould, Reticularia lycoperdon (Myxomycetes). Recent work2 on soluble carbohydrates in the cellular slime moulds have not mentioned the presence or absence of this sugar. The present report concerns the occurrence of trehalose in the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium mucoroides (Acrasiales), and preliminary work on the role of this sugar during development.

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  1. MICHAEL F. FILOSA

    Present address: Biology Department, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

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    JAMES S. CLEGG & MICHAEL F. FILOSA

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CLEGG, J., FILOSA, M. Trehalose in the Cellular Slime Mould Dictyostelium mucoroides. Nature 192, 1077–1078 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1921077b0

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