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Morphological Differentiation of the Trap in Aquatic and Terrestrial Utricularia Species

서식환경에 따른 통발속(Utricularia) 포충낭의 형태 분화

  • Lee, Kyoung-Lan (Biology Department, College of Natural Sciences, Keimyung University) ;
  • Kim, In-Sun (Biology Department, College of Natural Sciences, Keimyung University)
  • 이경란 (계명대학교 자연과학대학 생물학과) ;
  • 김인선 (계명대학교 자연과학대학 생물학과)
  • Received : 2010.12.03
  • Accepted : 2010.12.20
  • Published : 2010.12.31
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Abstract

Utricularia forms small, but complex carnivorous trap along the stem either in water or in soil depending upon species. The shapes and sizes of the traps, appendages, and trichomes are known to differ among aquatic, terrestrial and epiphytic species. In the present study, the morphology and microstructure of the trap in aquatic Utricularia japonica and terrestrial U. livida were examined using light and electron microscopy. The aim of this study was to compare the characteristics of trap features between the aquatic and terrestrial species. The trap was found to be comprised of a thin walled bladder with numerous capitate trichomes, two-armed bifid and four-armed quadrifid glands in both species; however, the traps of the two species were different in size, and number and morphology of the trichomes and glands. Aquatic Utricularia was chlorenchymatous with chloroplasts distributed throughout the body, whereas the terrestrial species was translucent without plastids due to an adaptation to underground habitats. Furthermore, the former differed considerably in that the traps developed antenna and appendages around the entrance area. A peculiar trap entrance was also noted in U. livida, which exhibited radiating rows of various trichomes within funnel-shaped tissue. A large number of glandular trichomes covered the entrance area and door surface with four trigger hairs each in the aquatic form but only two in the terrestrial form. The glandular trichomes near the door secreted a large amount of mucilage that temporarily composed the velum in the U. japonica, however, it was not observed in the terrestrial species. All of the aforementioned features were highly related in their structure and function during carnivorous mechanism in Utricularia. The current findings provide important data for further comparison of the different life forms within Utricularia.

주머니 형태의 흡입식 포충낭을 형성하는 통발속(Utricularia) 식물은 포충낭에 발달하는 감각모 및 다양한 분비모로 능동적인 식충의 기능을 수행한다. 본 연구에서는 물속에 서식하는 수생형 통발(U. japonica)과 땅속에 서식하는 지생형 땅귀개(U. livida)2종 포충낭의 형태적 분화 특성을 광학 및 전자현미경을 이용하여 연구하였다. 이들 2종의 포충낭 내부 및 외부 표피조직에 발달하는 먹이 감지구조 및 감각모와 분비모의 분화양상은 서식환경에 따라 매우 상이하였다. 수생형 통발의 포충낭 입구에는 분지된 안테나 및 부속지들이 위치하고, 덧문에는 감각모 4개가 분포하였다. 포충낭의 외부 표피조직에는 반구형의 작은 단세포 분비모들이 산재하나 내부로 향한 입구 부위에는 무병 및 capitate형 분비모들이 점액물질을 분비하여 덧문을 여닫으며 먹이 포획을 하였다. 포충낭 내부 전체 표피표면에는 4분지모들이 밀생하나, 2분지모들은 덧문 하단의 일부 조직에만 수직으로 발달하였다. 반면, 지생형 땅귀개의 포충낭 입구에는 내부를 향하면서 좁아지는 누두상의 먹이 접촉 및 감지구조를 형성하였다. 이들의 배축면에는 다세포성 비분비모들이 규칙적으로 배열하나 향축면에는 여러형태의 분비모가 밀생하여 입구를 피복하며 덧문은 외부로 노출되지 않았다. 덧문에는 2개의 감각모가 발달하며 포충낭 내부에는 H-자 형태의 4분지모가 소수 발달하였고, 2분지모는 덧문 하단 표면에 수평으로 배열하였다. 먹이 유입 시 이들 분비모에서는 다량의 분비물질이 분비되어 포충낭 내부 전체표면을 피복하였다. 이상의 결과는 수생 및 지생 통발 2종 포충낭의 형태 분화 및 구조적 특성이 이후 흡입식 포충낭에서의 식충기작 및 세포수준에서의 미세구조 연구에서 유용한 중요 자료가 될 것으로 생각된다.

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