Some microaerobic ciliates are facultative anaerobes

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 293-297

  Bernard, Catherine ^a   Fenchel, Tom ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Marine Biological Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Facultative anaerobes; Growth rates; Microaerobic ciliates; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029797802     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(96)80051-4     Document Type: Article

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