Intracellular symbiosis of a photosynthetic prokaryote, Prochloron sp., in a colonial ascidian

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 343-348

  Hirose, Euichi ^a   Maruyama, Tadashi ^b   Cheng, Lanna ^c   Lewin, Ralph A ^c  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Cyanobacteria; Plastid evolution; Prochlorophytes; Tunicates

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CYANOBACTERIA; LISSOCLINUM; LISSOCLINUM PUNCTATUM; PROCHLORON; PROCHLORON SP.; PROCHLOROPHYTES; PROKARYOTA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0030495695     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3227023     Document Type: Article

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