Evidence of phagotrophy in Dinophysis fortii (Dinophysiales, Dinophyceae), a dinoflagellate that causes diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP)

Phycological Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-124

  Koike, Kazuhiko ^a   Koike, Kanae ^a   Takagi, Minoru ^b   Ogata, Takehiko ^a   Ishimaru, Takashi ^c  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Iwate Prefectural Fisheries Technology Center   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning; Dinophysis fortii; Food vacuole; Mixotrophy; Phagotrophy

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE; PHAGOTROPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; DINOPHYSIALES; DINOPHYSIS FORTII; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033920282     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1835.2000.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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