Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 12:7:0 +0800 From: Peter Cole <carnivor@flytrap.demon.co.uk> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3443$foo@default> Subject: Re: sub-carnivores
SCHLAUER@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de writes:
>> !!!? Byblis? I thought this had passed the gelatine film test for
>> demonstrating enzyme secretion? Though offhand I can't remember where
>> I got that notion from,
>
> You rather certainly got it from not properly reading CPN 26:39-45
> (1997), where it is described in much detail how perfectly _Byblis_
> failed the film test.
You are of course quite right - I really must read my backissues more
often :)
But after digging out the relevant article, I think I have found the
source of my confusion -
"Bruce (1905[typo? - 1995 perhaps, or is this another Ibicellaesque
case of cheese and wishful thinking?]) did some investigations
on Byblis gigantea growing near Perth in Western Australia that showed
positive results, but did not examine Byblis liniflora"[op.cit.] while
Hartmeyer confined his tests to B.liniflora in demonstrating a lack of
enzyme secretion.
Anyone heard any more about B.gigantea? This will be another headache
family if this sp. does produce enzymes :) and of course, now we have
several more spp. in the genus to wonder about...
Happy growing,
Peter
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