Abstract
Comparison of organic acid production in vitro, endogenous metabolite concentrations and enzyme activities suggest that glycolysis is the predominant energy synthesising pathway in non-activated (taken from the body cavity of fish) plerocercoids and adults ofLigula intestinalis. In contrast, glycolysis and carbon dioxide fixation with a partial reversal of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle are important in activated (incubated at 40°C) plerocercoids, the transition stage between larvae and adults. Carbon balances suggest that the TCA cycle, operating in the forward direction, probably plays only a minor role in the metabolism of activated plerocercoids and is likely to be of even less significance in adults.
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