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Index of Subjects --Boundary_(ID_cpAKyq+U5jEqDrtq6WhuKw) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Begin forwarded message: > From: Donald Stewart <don.stewart@acadiau.ca> > Date: October 9, 2011 4:14:12 PM ADT > To: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, Dusan Soudek > <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> > Subject: RE: re Blue Mussel attachment ? > > Hi Jim and Dusan, > Just as a follow up to my earlier e-mail, there is a lot of > interest from bio-material scientists in fact into the byssal > thread protein. The gene for this protein has been isolated and > cloned and there is interest from various fields into how to use > the protein. Apparently it is one of the strongest 'waterproof' > proteins identified to date and so there may be all sorts of > applications for this material! > Cheers,Don > From: James W. Wolford [jimwolford@eastlink.ca] > Sent: October 9, 2011 3:52 PM > To: NatureNS; don.stewart@acadiau.ca; Sherman Bleakney; Dusan > Soudek; Frederick W. Schueler > Subject: re Blue Mussel attachment ? > > A bit more thought would have made my answer below much more > positive. I used to collect living invertebrates from the > intertidal flats and bring them into my lab for a field biology > class I taught at Acadia Univ. Biology. I put the living critters > in enamel pans in salt water and kept them alive like that in a > regular refrigerator in the lab, and they would stay alive and > apparently reasonably healthy for considerable periods. Well, the > blue mussels very quickly secreted new byssus threads and attached > to the enamel surface of the pans, and I couldn't believe how > nearly impossible it was to clean those pans afternward, since the > threads were unbelievably tough. No sort of scrubbing device would > remove the stuck tips of those threads. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: bckcdb@istar.ca >> Date: October 9, 2011 9:24:15 AM ADT >> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] a question re Blue Mussel attachment ? >> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> >> Quoting "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>: >> >>> I think the mussel can re-secrete those strong threads and re- >>> attach to substrates, but I am forwarding to people who probably >>> are better able to answer the question. >> >> * yes they can secrete new bysuss threads, and can move along >> slowly across the substrate by spinning new threads and breaking >> off old ones. >> >> fred schueler. >> ====================================================== >> >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>>> From: Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> >>>> Date: October 8, 2011 7:55:06 PM ADT >>>> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> >>>> Subject: [NatureNS] a question re Blue Mussel attachment ? >>>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>>> >>>> A question for the invertebrate zoologists out there: Can a >>>> Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis) re-attach itself to a substrate >>>> such as a rock or a piling if it had been separated from it? >>>> Its adhesion threads are quite strong, but can the animal >>>> repair or re-form new ones if the old ones are broken? >>>> Dusan Soudek >>> >>> >> >> >> > > --Boundary_(ID_cpAKyq+U5jEqDrtq6WhuKw) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Donald Stewart <<a = href=3D"mailto:don.stewart@acadiau.ca">don.stewart@acadiau.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">October 9, 2011 4:14:12 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>>, = Dusan Soudek <<a = href=3D"mailto:soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca">soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>RE: re Blue Mussel attachment = ?</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> = <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = style=3D"direction: ltr; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-size: 10pt; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = ">Hi Jim and Dusan,</div><div sty