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Insect hemocytes: Cells adapted to anaerobiosis

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Hemocytes from a free-living insect could be grown under strictly anoxic conditions. Their anaerobic metabolism was studied in vitro in such a cellular system.

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  1. Laboratoire de Zoologie, Bât. A, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, 4 place Jussieu, F-75230, Paris Cedex 05, France

    J. C. Landureau & A. Toulmond

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  1. J. C. Landureau
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We thank Dr C. Remesy for analysing the volatile fatty acids and Drs P. Dejours and J. Girard for helpful discussions.

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Landureau, J.C., Toulmond, A. Insect hemocytes: Cells adapted to anaerobiosis. Experientia 36, 966–968 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01953823

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