Pirsonia, phagotrophic nanoflagellates incertae sedis, feeding on marine diatoms: attachment, fine structure and taxonomy

Archiv fur Protistenkunde

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 361-371

  Schnepf, Eberhard ^a   Schweikert, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment to host cell; Fine structure; Flagellar and body hairs; Host recognition; Mitochondria with parallel tubular cristae; Phycovorous nanoflagellates; Pirsonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030755976     PISSN: 00039365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9365(97)80060-7     Document Type: Article

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