Growth, fine structure and cyst formation of a microbial mat ciliate: Pseudocohnilembus pusillus (Ciliophora, Scuticociliatida)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 132-141

  Olendzenski, Lorraine C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccation resistance; Encystment; Excystment; Growth rate; Laguna Figueroa; pH; Pseudocohnilembus persalinus; Salinity

Indexed keywords

MEXICO; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; PSEUDOCOHNILEMBUS; PSEUDOCOHNILEMBUS PERSALINUS; PSEUDOCOHNILEMBUS PUSILLUS; SCUTICOCILIATIA;

EID: 0033048926     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1999.tb04596.x     Document Type: Article

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