• Animal cells and systems
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.243-246
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• 1999

A type of symbiosis was previously described from nature in which the gametophytes of Laminariales were endophytic in filamentous red algae. Here we reconstruct this symbiosis for the first time in laboratory culture using zoospores of the kelp, Undaria pinnatifida, and the red alga, Aglaothamnion oosumiense. Zoospores of U. pinnatifida readily attached to A. oosumiense. In 48 h these spores germinated and the initial germ tube penetrated into the host cell wall leaving only an empty zoospore wall outside the host. Within ten days, four to five-celled endophytic gametophytes were present. Zoospores of Laminaria religiosa which were also inoculated into cultures of A. oosumiense rarely attached to the red alga and never became endophytic. Within ten days the free-living gametophytes of L. religiosa on cover slips became fertile and produced young sporophytes. These observations demonstrate the ability of U. pinnatifida to become endophytic, and show differences in host specificity among kelp species.

• Proceedings of the Zoological Society Korea Conference
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• 1998.10b
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• pp.256.2-256
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• 1998

• Proceedings of the Zoological Society Korea Conference
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• 1995.10b
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• pp.134.2-134
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• 1995

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• Proceedings of the Zoological Society Korea Conference
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• 1995.10b
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• pp.135.1-135
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• 1995

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.351-362
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• 1989

Four species of marine algae, 3 red and 1 brown algae, were newly found from southern coast of Korea including Cheju Island in the course of floristic study. amphiroa itonoi Srimanobhas et Masaki and Hypnea variabilis Okamura were collected from intertidal zone and the others, Aglaothamnion oosumiense Itono and Sphacelaria caespitosa Takamatsu were from subtidal zone.