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Ultrastructural observations revealed details of the infection process and the fine structure ofPseudaphelidium drebesii Schweikert and Schnepf, a parasite of the marine centric diatomThalassiosira punctigera (Castracane) Hasle. After attachment and encystment of the zoospore an intracellular infection tube is generated. This structure is everted between the overlap of the girdle bands or the gap between the valve and the girdle band of the host diatom. The bulk of thePseudaphelidium protoplast enters the silica shell of the diatom via the infection tube but does not pierce the host plasma membrane. Parts of the host cytoplasm are phagocytized with microfilament involvement.Pseudaphelidium drebesii is characterized by unusual microbodies containing tubular inclusions and by closed mitosis with a perinuclear spindle. The taxonomic position ofP. drebesii is discussed.
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Schweikert, M., Schnepf, E. Electron microscopical observations onPseudaphelidium drebesii Schweikert and Schnepf, a parasite of the centric diatomThalassiosira punctigera . Protoplasma 199, 113–123 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01294500
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