Membrane-bounded nuclear bodies in a diverse range of microbial symbionts of Great Barrier Reef sponges

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 193-203

  Fuerst, John A ^a   Webb, Richard I ^a   Garson, Mary J ^a   Hardy, Lani ^a   Reiswig, Henry M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Electron microscopy; Membrane bounded; Nucleoids; Porifera; Sponge symbionts; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISM; SPONGE; SYMBIONT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

ARCHAEA; AXINYSSA; JASPIS STELLIFERA; PORIFERA; PSEUDOCERATINA CRASSA;

EID: 0033497603     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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