文摘
Shuttle endoplasmic streaming in an isolated strand of Physarum polycephalum plasmodium under normal conditions and after treatment with cellular respiration inhibitors (KCN and SHAM) was investigated using sign-sensitive sensitive laser Doppler velocimetry. Spectral analysis (short-time Fourier transform) applied to the experimental velocity time dependencies V(t) of endoplasmic motility, reveals two distinct frequencies, ν1 and ν2, corresponding to two harmonic contributions in each V(t), meaning the presence of at list two internal oscillators. Treatment with the inhibitors causes full stop of the endoplasmic streaming with simultaneous suppression of both harmonic oscillators. After removal of the inhibitors system returns to its original state (as before treatment)—the activity of both peaks is gradually restored during 800 s. Despite the frequency values are different, the ratio, ν2/ν1, remains constant for all investigated cases and approximately is equal to two.