Comparative studies of the respiratory functions of mammalian blood X. Killer whale (Orcinus orca linnaeus) and beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)

1974 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.S. Dhindsa ◽  
J. Metcalfe ◽  
A.S. Hoversland ◽  
R.A. Hartman
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Killer Whale ◽  
Beluga Whale ◽  
Orcinus Orca ◽  
Delphinapterus Leucas ◽  
Mammalian Blood ◽  
Beluga Whale Delphinapterus Leucas

scholarly journals Amphritea ceti sp. nov., isolated from faeces of Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)

2014 ◽  
Vol 64 (Pt_12) ◽  
pp. 4068-4072 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-Ok Kim ◽  
Sooyeon Park ◽  
Doo Nam Kim ◽  
Bo-Hye Nam ◽  
Sung-Min Won ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Trees ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Beluga Whale ◽  
Delphinapterus Leucas ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Phenotypic Properties ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Beluga Whale Delphinapterus Leucas ◽  
Type Strains

A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming, non-flagellated and rod-shaped or ovoid bacterial strain, designated RA1T, was isolated from faeces collected from Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) in Yeosu aquarium, South Korea. Strain RA1T grew optimally at 25 °C, at pH 7.0–8.0 and in the presence of 2.0 % (w/v) NaCl. Neighbour-joining, maximum-likelihood and maximum-parsimony phylogenetic trees based on 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that strain RA1T joins the cluster comprising the type strains of three species of the genus Amphritea , with which it exhibited 95.8–96.0 % sequence similarity. Sequence similarities to the type strains of other recognized species were less than 94.3 %. Strain RA1T contained Q-8 as the predominant ubiquinone and summed feature 3 (C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c), C18 : 1ω7c and C16 : 0 as the major fatty acids. The major polar lipids of strain RA1T were phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, two unidentified lipids and one unidentified aminolipid. The DNA G+C content of strain RA1T was 47.4 mol%. The differential phenotypic properties, together with the phylogenetic distinctiveness, revealed that strain RA1T is separated from other species of the genus Amphritea . On the basis of the data presented, strain RA1T is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Amphritea , for which the name Amphritea ceti sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is RA1T ( = KCTC 42154T = NBRC 110551T).

Anatomy of the heart of the beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)

1987 ◽  
Vol 191 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andr� Bisaillon ◽  
Daniel Martineau ◽  
Mich�le A. St-Pierre
Keyword(s):  
Beluga Whale ◽  
Delphinapterus Leucas ◽  
Beluga Whale Delphinapterus Leucas
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