Membrane supply and food vacuole formation in Paramecium primaurelia

Archiv fur Protistenkunde

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 323-329

  Ramoino, Paola ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ciliated protozoa; Membrane supply; Particle concentration; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030854457     PISSN: 00039365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9365(97)80058-9     Document Type: Article

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