Aluminium deposition in hydras.

Folia Biol (Krakow)

Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Division of Biology, Department of Zoology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.

Published: November 2009

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  • The research investigates aluminium depositions in both symbiotic and aposymbiotic hydra species, highlighting differences in appearance and purpose.
  • Aluminium deposits are typically pink and can appear as single spots, clusters, or globular shapes within the hydra cells, with varying presence in different hydra regions.
  • The study suggests that the mesoglea may help manage these deposits, indicating a potential cellular detoxification mechanism that differs between hydra species.

Article Abstract

The aim of this research was to explore, compare and explain the appearance, purpose and possible distribution of aluminium depositions in symbiotic and aposymbiotic hydra species. Al deposition in treated hydras appeared pink as single and multiple aluminium depositions or as clusters in the shape of globular or spot-like structures inside the cytoplasm of the hydra cells. Areas ofaluminium deposits were also present. Endosymbiotic algae in the green hydra were occasionally coloured pink. Authors suggest that the mesoglea represented a buffer of some sort as the depositions were almost completely absent in some parts of the body such as the gastroderm of brown hydras or the ectoderm in some concentrations of green hydras, or the mesoglea may have the ability to dispose of all the present aluminium and the occurrence and distribution ofthese depositions may be a mechanism of cellular detoxification and might be species specific.

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