Bacterial adhesion to different termite flagellates: Ultrastructural and functional evidence for distinct molecular attachment modes

Protoplasma

Volumn 207, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 43-53

  Radek, R ^a   Tischendorf, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Devescovina glabra; Flagellate; Freeze etching; Joenia annectens; Membrane ultrastructure; Termite

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR STRUCTURE; PATHOGENESIS;

DEVESCOVINA GLABRA; JOENIA ANNECTENS;

EID: 0032986854     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01294712     Document Type: Article

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