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Using a fluorospectrophotometer, we examined the fluorescence of a crude preparation from the spore masses ofDictyostelium discoideum. Fluorescence emission spectra and excitation spectra suggested that the fluorescence of the crude preparation was a lumazine-like fluorescence rather than a pterin-like fluorescence. By using a microspectrophotometer, we observedin situ the fluorescence emission of a lumazine-like substance localized only in the spore mass of the fruiting body.
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Uchiyama, S., Nagai, Si. & Maruyama, K. Lumazine-like fluorescence in a mass of spores of the cellular slime mold,Dictyostelium discoideum . J. Plant Res. 110, 383–386 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02524938
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