# name
A comparative study of the intercellular connections between parasite/host in two Gelidiocolax/Gelidium algal parasitic systems

# metadata.dc.description.abstract[].value
Comparative ultrastructural study of the intercellular connections between parasite and host cells in two algal parasitic systems, Gelidiocolax christianae Feldmann and Feldmann/Ge/iV/ium spathulatum (Kutz.) Bornet and Gelidiocolax deformans Seoane Camba/Gelidium sesquipedale (Clem.) Thur, shows quantitative and structural differences. The number of free conjunctor cells (before fusión with the adjacent host cells) differs between the two parasitic systems and is inversely related to the number of complex pit connections. The fibrillar cell wall structure of the conjunctor cells and the lamellar structure of the complex pit plugs in the two systems are also different A hypothesis concerning the different activity of the conjuntor cell wall in the two parasitic systems, related with the different structural appearance, is proposed.

# metadata.dc.publisher[].value
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

# metadata.dc.relation.ispartof[].value
Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 1996, vol. 54, num. 1, p. 50-54

# metadata.dc.rights[].value
cc-by-nc (c) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 1996

# metadata.dc.source[].value
Articles publicats en revistes (Biologia, Sanitat i Medi Ambient)

# metadata.dc.title[].value
A comparative study of the intercellular connections between parasite/host in two Gelidiocolax/Gelidium algal parasitic systems