非洲西部两种最重要的埃及血吸虫（比尔哈茨）蜗牛宿主，即球形泡螺（莫雷莱特）和罗氏泡螺（克莱辛）的糖化学感受生态位。

The sugar chemoreception niches of Bulinus (physopsis) globosus (Morelet) and Bulinus rohlfsi (Clessin), the two most important snail hosts of Schistosoma haematobium (Bilharz) in west Africa.

Kpikpi J E, Thomas J D

School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton.

Comp Biochem Physiol Comp Physiol. 1993 Oct;106(2):373-9. doi: 10.1016/0300-9629(93)90528-c.

Abstract

The behavioural responses of two species of freshwater pulmonate snails [Bulinus (P.) globosus and Bulinus rohlfsi] to sugar gradients were investigated by means of diffusion olfactometers. 2. Both snail species proved to be very discriminating in their responses. Of the 17 sugars tested, 35.3%, namely D(-)glucuronic, maltotriose, maltose, cellobiose, D(-)arabinose, D(+)mannose proved to be statistically significant attractants or arrestants to B. rohlfsi. Only 23.5% of these sugars (maltotriose, maltose), D(+) mannose and D(+) xylose were significant attractants or arrestants to B. (P.) globosus. 3. Glucuronic acid was a significant repellent to B. rohlfsi but none of the sugars was a repellent to B. (P.) globosus. 4. The results are compared with those obtained for other snail species and their relevance to the ecology and control of the snails are discussed.

摘要

利用扩散嗅觉计研究了两种淡水肺螺类蜗牛[球形泡螺（Bulinus (P.) globosus）和罗氏泡螺（Bulinus rohlfsi）]对糖梯度的行为反应。2. 两种蜗牛在反应中都表现出很强的辨别能力。在所测试的17种糖中，35.3%，即D(-)葡萄糖醛酸、麦芽三糖、麦芽糖、纤维二糖、D(-)阿拉伯糖、D(+)甘露糖，被证明对罗氏泡螺具有统计学意义上的引诱剂或抑制剂作用。这些糖中只有23.5%（麦芽三糖、麦芽糖）、D(+)甘露糖和D(+)木糖对球形泡螺具有显著的引诱剂或抑制剂作用。3. 葡萄糖醛酸对罗氏泡螺是一种显著的驱避剂，但没有一种糖对球形泡螺是驱避剂。4. 将结果与其他蜗牛物种的结果进行了比较，并讨论了其与蜗牛生态学和控制的相关性。