Rediscovery of Paramecium duboscqui Chatton and Brachon, 1933, and a description of its characteristics

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 134-141

  Shi, Xinbai ^a   Jin, Meilei ^a   Liu, Guijie ^a  

^a HARBIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mating type; morphology; stomatogenesis; taxonomy; temperature adaptation

Indexed keywords

PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM DUBOSCQUI;

EID: 0030948873     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1997.tb05950.x     Document Type: Article

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