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WERNER BERGMANN
TABLE II
STEROLS AND STEROL REQUIREMENTS OF PROTOZOA
Classification
UnsaponiTotal
fiable
lipid
fraction
(%)
of lipid
(%)
Sterol of
unsaponifiable
fraction
(%)
Sterols
Promoting
growth
Class Mastigophora
Order Dinoflagellidae
Noctiluca miliaris (69)
Order Euglenoidida
Paranema trichophorum
12«
34
24, Unknown
(76)
Order Polymastigina
Trichomonas columbae (77)
Trichomonas foetus (77)
Trichomastix colubrorum
(77)
Trichomastyx batraehorum
(77)
Class Sarcoda
Order Mycetozoa
Labyrinthula vitellina (71)
var. pacifica
Labyrinthula minuta (67)
var. atlantica
Order Amoebaea
Entamoeba histolytica (72)
Entamoeba terrapina (72)
Entamoeba invadens (73)
Class Sporozoa
Order Coccidiomorpha
Eimeria gadi (66)
Plasmodium knowlesi (68)
Class Ciliata
Order Holotrichidae
Paramecium multicronucleatum (78)
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22°
29°
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—
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36
25
—
—
—
—
—
Cholesterol
—
—
—
81, Cholesterol
Cholesterol
—
Cholesterol,
/3-sitosterol,
stigmasterol,
poriferasterol,
brassicasterol,
ergosterol
Cholesterol,
24-methylsterol,
and ethylsterols
Cholesterol
Cholesterol
Cholesterol
Cholesterol,
fucosterol,
/3-sitosterol
None required
Cholesterol
Cholesterol
None required
6
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Stigmasterol