Fels Daniel
University of Basel, Botanical Institute, Hebelstrasse 1, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
J Biophys. 2016;2016:7406356. doi: 10.1155/2016/7406356. Epub 2016 Mar 2.
Previous experiments on physical non-contact communication within same species gave rise to test for this type of communication also across the species border, which was the aim of the present study. It was found that autotrophic unicellular organisms (Euglena viridis), separated by cuvettes, affected the proliferation rate of heterotrophic unicellular organisms (Paramecium caudatum). Further, the heterotrophic unicellular organism affected also the proliferation rate of a multicellular heterotrophic organism (Rotatoria sp.) and vice versa. In the case when populations (of Euglena viridis and Paramecium caudatum) were shielded against electromagnetic fields in the optical spectrum from each other, no effects were measured. The results may support the notion that the organisation of ecosystems relies also on the exchange of electromagnetic fields from their constituting biosystems.
先前关于同一物种内物理非接触通讯的实验促使人们对这种通讯方式是否也能跨越物种界限进行测试，这也是本研究的目的。研究发现，被比色皿隔开的自养单细胞生物（绿眼虫）会影响异养单细胞生物（尾草履虫）的增殖速率。此外，异养单细胞生物也会影响多细胞异养生物（旋轮虫属）的增殖速率，反之亦然。当（绿眼虫和尾草履虫的）种群彼此被光学光谱中的电磁场屏蔽时，未检测到任何影响。这些结果可能支持这样一种观点，即生态系统的组织也依赖于其组成生物系统之间的电磁场交换。
