Bacciger israelensis Fischthal, 1980 (Trematoda: Fellodistomidae) was recorded from Boops boops (Perciformes: Sparidae) in Bulgarian Black Sea coastal waters for the first time. Re-examination of the morphology of B. israelensis showed some new details: Laurer’s canal opens dorsally a short distance anterior to the excretory pore; seminal receptacle situated posterior to ventral sucker and ventral to ovary; ovary composed of three nearly spherical but not separated lobes forming apexes of isosceles triangle; tegumental spines covering body including entire surface of ventral sucker and distal half of upper part of oral sucker.
Absorption, fluorescence and delayed luminescence (in ps time range) of cyanobacterium Tolypothrix tenuis (Kutz) adapted to green (GR) and red (RR) radiation and dissolved in 15% polyvinyl alcohol Solutions were measured. Fluorescence and delayed luminescence depended on the adaptation to radiation and the wavelength of fluorescence excitation. This suggests that paths of deactivation of excitation in pigment-protein complexes present in organisms adapted to GR and RR differ.
Six mite species of the family Myobiidae, Radfordia (Auslromyobia) persica sp. п., Radfordia (Austromyobia) merioni Bochkov, Dubinina et Chirov, 1990, Radfordia (Radfordia) acomys Fain ct Lukoschus, 1977, Radfordia (Radfordia) affinis (Poppe, 1896), Radfordia (Graphiurobia) dyromys Fain et Lukoschus, 1973, and Myobia (Myobia) murismusculi (Schrank, 1781) were found in Iran on the rodents Gerbillus cheesmani Thomas, Meriones libycus Lichtenstein, Acomys cahirinus (Desmarest), Mus musculus L., Dryomys nitedula (Pallas), and Mus musculus, respectively. R. (A.) persica is described as a new species from the female, male and tritonymph. The other five myobiid species arc new to Iran.
Unfed nymphs of Ixodes ricinus (L.) can be divided into two morphological groups according to the length of idioso-ma, scutum, hypostome and palpal segment III, and the number of dorsal alloscutal setae. Specimens of greater body dimensions and more numerous dorsal alloscutal setae moulted predominantly into females. The frequency of different nymphal length categories in field-collected ticks followed a normal distribution. The length of unfed nymphs correlates well with the length (r = 0.7248 ± 0.0711, P < 0.001) and weight (r = 0.6519 ± 0.0782, P < 0.001) of engorged nymphs, however, it varies in ticks of different origin. In field-collected ticks, freshly engorged female nymphs were 2.30-2.94 mm long, male nymphs 2.14-2.46 mm long. Feeding period (P < 0.05) and premoulting period (P < 0,001 ) were significantly longer in female nymphs both in field-collected and laboratory-derived I. ricinus. The engorgement weight was found to be the best criterion for differentiation of male and female nymphs of ixodid ticks. In field-collected nymphs engorged on BALB/c mice, 98.6 % of females moulted from nymphs weighting more than 3.60 mg, while in laboratory-derived ticks, 98.4 % of females emerged from nymphs of 3.42 mg body mass or more.
Photosystem 2 (PS 2) reaction centers inactive in plastoquinone pool reduction are present in isolated thylakoid membranes, intact chloroplasts, and leaves of dark- adapted plants. Here we describe om recent work investigating the physical and physiological properties that distínguish inactive firom active centers. Inactive PS 2 centers are defíned by their slow rate of Q^’ oxidation. They háve a competent water oxidation systém and constitute about one-third of the total PS 2 present in dark- adapted leaves and thylakoid membranes. Their effective absorption cross section for radiant energy utilization is half that of active PS 2 centers. Irradiation modifies inactive PS 2 centers in leaves and thylakoid membranes. The modification is manifested by a 50 % dechne of their varíable fluorescence and of their contribution to the electrochromic shift. In leaves the light-induced modification is reversible in the dark, whereas it is irreversible in thylakoid membranes.