On the Immediate Fate of Bacteria in the Land Snail Helix

摘要: The fate of materials injected into molluscs and other facets molluscan internal defense mechanisms have been investigated discussed widely. unifying vision among the investigators was that they saw in such studies a useful tool for invertebrate immunology. Cheng’s (1967b) account remains an excellent working model. Based largely upon investigations by Stauber (1950), Tripp (1958a,b, 1960, 1961), Feng (1959, 1965a,b), Bang (1961), Michelson (1961, 1963) last, but not least, his own group (Cheng, 1966, 1967a; Cheng Coopermari, 1964, Snyder, 1962), has shown scheme can be drawn up as illustrated Fig. 1. Studies on variety reveal when small particles are introduced circulation rapidly cleared from hemolymph. We may now ask question: “What agents clearance?”