Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, M5S 1A1, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Microb Ecol. 1982 Jun;8(1):55-60. doi: 10.1007/BF02011461.
The respiration rates of axenically culturedAcanthamoeba castellanii (Gymnamoebia) and of the test organismTetrahymena pyriformis (Ciliophora) were compared using both Warburg and cartesian diver respirometer techniques at 20°C. Furthermore, the latter procedure was employed to measure the oxygen consumption of the amoebae,Polychaos fasciculatum, Saccamoeba limax, andAmoeba sp. The linear relationship between respiration rate and mean cell volume in amoebae was reassessed in view of these additional estimates. The importance of this regression in ecological studies is discussed.
在 20°C 条件下，使用瓦堡（Warburg）和差式呼吸计技术，分别比较了无菌培养的嗜热变形虫（Acanthamoeba castellanii）和测试生物（Tetrahymena pyriformis）的呼吸率。此外，还采用后一种方法测量了多毛类环节动物（Polychaos fasciculatum）、鳞壳变形虫（Saccamoeba limax）和变形虫（Amoeba sp.）的耗氧量。根据这些额外的估计值，重新评估了变形虫呼吸率与平均细胞体积之间的线性关系。讨论了这种回归在生态学研究中的重要性。
