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We measured in situ the activity of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), one of the mitochondrial marker enzymes, in single Paramecium cells. SDH activity was detected with nitroblue tetrazolium (Nitro BT). Images of cells were captured every 30 sec at 590 nm, nearly the isosbestic wavelength of two reduction products of Nitro BT, by using a microphotometric system for image analysis. Activity was estimated by the slope of linear regression lines representing the relationship between total absorbance of the processed image and delta reaction time (real reaction time minus 30 sec). To investigate individual differences in Paramecium cell populations, SDH activity was measured in cells at various succinate concentrations. Paramecium SDH showed bimodal activity distribution patterns at three of four succinate concentrations tested. This result suggests that there are two groups of Paramecium populations with different SDH activity under control culture conditions. On the basis of the relationship between SDH activity and succinate concentration, mean Vmax and apparent Km values were estimated. A Km of 3.2 mM was found for Paramecium.
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