The toxic symbiont Caedibacter caryophila in the cytoplasm of Paramecium novaurelia

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 330-335

  Kusch, J ^a   Stremmel, M ^a   Breiner, H W ^a   Adams, V ^a   Schweikert, M ^a   Schmidt, H J ^a  

^a France   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL INCLUSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOTOXICITY; GENETIC TRAIT; HOST CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITISM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RIBOSOME DNA; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0034536794     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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