Epibiotic bacteria on several ciliates from marine sediments

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-70

  Epstein, Slava S ^a   Bazylinski, Dennis A ^b   Fowle, William H ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Chemolithotrophs; Oxic anoxic interface; Prokaryotes; Protozoa; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CILIATE;

BACTERIA; CILIATE; EPIBIONT-HOST RELATIONSHIP; MARINE SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CYCLIDIUM; GELEIA; GELEIA FOSSATA; LOXOPHYLLUM; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRACHELORAPHIS;

EID: 0031979207     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb05071.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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