Cell structure of the infectious form of Holospora, an endonuclear symbiotic bacterium of the ciliate Paramecium

Zoological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-98

  Dohra, Hideo ^a   Fujishima, Masahiro ^a,b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; HOLOSPORA; HOLOSPORA OBTUSA; PARAMECIUM;

EID: 0033463926     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.16.93     Document Type: Article

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