Thioploca araucae explained

Thioploca araucae is a marine thioploca from the benthos of the Chilean continental shelf. It is a colonial, multicellular, gliding trichomes of similar diameter enclosed by a shared sheath. It possesses cellular sulfur inclusions located in a thin peripheral cytoplasm surrounding a large, central vacuole. It is a motile organism through gliding. The trichome diameters of Thioploca araucae range from 30 to 43 μm.^[1]

Further reading

• GALLARDO, VÍCTOR ARIEL, and CAROLA ESPINOZA. "BACTERIAS MARINAS GIGANTES."
• Moreno, Rodrigo A., et al. "Pectinaria chilensis NILSSON, 1928 (POLYCHAETA: PECTINARIIDAE): taxonomic characterization, new distributional records and ecological notes from the chilean coast."INTERCIENCIA-CARACAS- 29 (2004): 590-594.

External links

• LPSN

Notes and References

1. Maier. S.. Gallardo. V. A.. Thioploca araucae sp. nov. and Thioploca chileae sp. nov.. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 34. 4. 1984. 414–418. 0020-7713. 10.1099/00207713-34-4-414. free.