Rediscovery of Paramecium nephridiatum Gelei, 1925 and its characteristics

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 416-426

  Fokin, Sergei I ^a   Stoeck, Thorsten ^b   Schmidt, Helmut J ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brackish water; Morphology; Morphometry; Paramecia; Paramecium nephridiatum; RAPD fingerprint pattern

Indexed keywords

RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TAXONOMY;

PARAMECIUM NEPHRIDIATUM; PARAMECIUM WOODRUFFI;

EID: 0032840965     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1999.tb04622.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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