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The Effects of Dissolved Sugars Upon the Temporary Adhesion of Barnacle Cyprids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

A.L. Neal  and
A.B. Yule
A.L. Neal
Affiliation:
Marine Science Laboratories, School of Ocean Sciences, Askew Street, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd, LL57 5EH
A.B. Yule
Affiliation:
Marine Science Laboratories, School of Ocean Sciences, Askew Street, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd, LL57 5EH
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The effects of pentoses, hexoses and uronic acids upon the temporary adhesion of cypris larvae of five barnacle species from four families has been studied. A common, concentration dependent, inhibitory effect of D-glucose was observed for the five species, with maximum inhibition (to 60% of control levels) occurring at 10−8M glucose. Using Balanus perforatus larvae, glucose was shown to be acting at the antennular surface, most probably by interacting with polar groups associated with the temporary adhesive. The pentose, D-arabinose, was less active than glucose, reducing temporary adhesion to only ∞80% of control levels. D-glucuronic acid was more active, decreasing adhesion to 60% at 10−9M, whilst two other hexoses, D-mannose and D-galactose, showed similar activity to glucose. We suggest that hexoses interact with the same polar groups in the adhesive, glucuronic acid with the higher activity because of its more polar nature. The pentose possibly interacts with a different, less common, group. Our results suggest that the chemical identity of bacterial exopolymers, particularly in respect of their pentose: hexose and neutral suganuronic acid ratios, may be an important factor in determining the strength of temporary adhesion shown by barnacle cyprids towards bacterial films.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 76 , Issue 3 , August 1996 , pp. 649 - 655
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1996

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