Encystment cortical morphogenesis, nuclear changes and resting cyst features of the marine ciliate Euplotes rariseta

Microbios

Volumn 94, Issue 379, 1998, Pages 153-165

  Martin González, Ana ^a   Diaz, Silvia ^a   Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cortical and nuclear changes; Encystment; Euplotes rariseta; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032358991     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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