Fates of the endonuclear symbiotic bacteria Holospora obtusa and Holospora undulata injected into the macronucleus of Paramecium caudatum

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 137-145

  Skovorodkin, Ilya N ^a   Fokin, Sergei I ^b   Fujishima, Masahiro ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endosymbiont; Holospora species; Microinjection; Paramecium; Vesicular structure

Indexed keywords

HOLOSPORA OBTUSA; HOLOSPORA UNDULATA; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM;

EID: 0034845501     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0932-4739-00801     Document Type: Article

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