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Localization of the amathamide alkaloids in surface bacteria of Amathia wilsoni Kirkpatrick, 1888 (Bryozoa: Ctenostomata)

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posted on 2023-05-16, 09:58 authored by Justin WallsJustin Walls, Blackman, AJ, Ritz, DA
The marine bryozoan Amathia wilsoni contains several brominated secondary metabolites, the alkaloid amathamides A-F. Energy dispersive X-ray analysis coupled with scanning electron microscopy was used to localise bromine in sections of Amathia wilsoni. Bromine concentrations higher than background levels were only found on the surface of the bryozoan and not within any of the different internal cell types. The correlation between bromine levels and a rod-shaped bacterium, ubiquitous to the tip region, points to the bacterium being closely associated with the range of amathamides found in Amathia wilsoni. © 1995 Kluwer Academic Publishers.

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Publication title

Hydrobiologia

Volume

297

Pagination

163-172

ISSN

0018-8158

Department/School

Tasmanian School of Medicine

Publisher

Kluwer Academic Publ

Place of publication

Van Godewijckstraat 30, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 3311 Gz

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