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Respiration and carbohydrate energy metabolism of the lung-dwelling parasite Rhabdias bufonis (Nematoda: Rhabdiasoidea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

A. O. Anya  and
G. M. Umezurike
A. O. Anya
Affiliation:
Parasitic Nematodes Research Project, Department of Zoology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
G. M. Umezurike*
Affiliation:
Parasitic Nematodes Research Project, Department of Zoology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
*
*Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
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Summary

An investigation of the carbohydrate energy metabolism of Rhabdias bufonis, the lung-dwelling nematode parasite of the African toad, Bufo regularis, indicates that the nematode stores very little glycogen (0·137 ± 0·003% on a fresh weight basis) but does utilize oxygen in vitro. The intracellular distribution and high levels of activity observed for the enzymes phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, pyruvate kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase, malic enzyme and fumarate reductase suggest two alternative pathways of carbohydrate energy metabolism.

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Parasitology , Volume 76 , Issue 1 , February 1978 , pp. 21 - 27
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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