| 词条 | Asterionella |
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| name = Asterionella | image = Asterionella formosa.jpg | image_caption = Asterionella formosa | domain = Eukaryota | unranked_regnum = SAR | superphylum = Heterokonta | classis = Fragilariophyceae | ordo = | subordo = Araphidineae | familia = Fragilariaceae | genus = Asterionella | genus_authority = Hassall (1850) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = see text }} Asterionella is a genus of pennate freshwater diatoms. They are frequently found in star-shaped colonies of individuals. DescriptionAsterionella average cell size is 60–85 micrometers long and 2–4 micrometers wide. It forms colonies that often consist of eight cells, but can vary up to 20 cells. The cells in the colony are attached by the apex by extracellular matter. By the way the cells are attached to each other, the colonies often look like stars or spiralling chains. ReproductionThe silica skeleton of a diatom cell (called the frustule) consists of an epitheca and an hypotheca. The hypotheca is slightly smaller than the epitheca. During asexual reproduction both thecae form the epitheca of the new daughter cell and each daughter produces a new hypotheca. Therefore one daughter cell is always smaller than the original cell. In order to regain their original size, it is usually assumed diatoms have to reproduce sexually, although this has not yet been observed in A. formosa. However, there may also be other ways to rejuvenate.[1] EcologyAsterionella formosa is known to be susceptible to the chytrid fungus Zygorhizidium planktonicum.[2][3] If a chytrid attaches to an Asterionella cell, they can, however, protect others of their kind by committing apoptosis, or cellular suicide, stopping the spread of the parasite. This is called a hypersensitive reaction.[4] Asterionella have no means of locomotion. It is most likely a combination of gravity and currents that distribute the organism. Some speciesA. bleakeleyiA. formosa A. gracillima A. glacialis A. japonica A. kariana References1. ^Genetic variation in Asterionella formosa: is it linked to frequent epidemic of host-specific parasitic fungus?, De Bruin et al. 2004, J.Phycology. 40p823-830. {{doi|10.1111/j.1529-8817.2004.04006.x}} 2. ^{{cite journal|last1=Maier|first1=Michelle A.|last2=peterson|first2=Tawyna D.|title=Observations of a Diatom Chytrid Parasite in the Lower Columbia River|journal=Northwest Science|date=Oct 2014|volume=88|issue=3|pages=234–245|doi=10.3955/046.088.0306}} 3. ^Host parasite interactions between freshwater phytoplankton and chytrid fungi (Chritridiomycota), Ibelings et al. 2004, J.Phycology. 40p437-453. {{doi|10.1111/j.1529-8817.2004.03117.x}} 4. ^The Existence of a Hypersensitive Reaction in the Planktonic Diatom Asterionella Formosa, Cantor et al. 1978, New Phytologist. 82p187-206. Further reading{{cite journal|last1=Mekhalfi|first1=Malika|last2=Amara|first2=Sawsan|last3=Robert|first3=Sylvie|title=Effect of environmental conditions on various enzyme activities and triacylglycerol contents in cultures of the freshwater diatom, Asterionella forrnosa (Bacillariophyceae)|journal=Biochimie|date=June 2014|volume=101|pages=21–30|doi=10.1016/j.biochi.2013.12.004|pmid=24355202|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0300908413004410|accessdate=6 February 2015}}{{cite journal|last1=Maier|first1=Michelle A.|last2=Peterson|first2=Tawnya D.|title=Observations of a Diatom Chytrid Parasite in the Lower Columbia River|journal=Northwest Science|date=Oct 2014|volume=88|issue=3|pages=234–245|doi=10.3955/046.088.0306}}External links
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