The ultrastructure of Zosterodasys agamalievi (Ciliophora: Synhymeniida)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 226-236

  Kivimaki, K Lindholm ^a   Riordan, Gavin P ^a   Lipscomb, Diana ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Kinetid pattern; Orthodonellidae; Synhymeniina

Indexed keywords

CAPITULUM; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; ORTHODONELLIDAE; SYNHYMENIIDA;

EID: 0030988222     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1997.tb05705.x     Document Type: Article

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