Complete elimination of endosymbiotic algae from Paramecium bursaria and its confirmation by diagnostic PCR

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-261

  Tanaka, Miho ^a   Murata Hori, Maki ^a   Kadono, Takashi ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^a   Kawano, Tomonori ^a   Kosaka, Toshikazu ^a   Hosoya, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algae free paramecia; Constant darkness; Endosymbiosis; Paraquat; Ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit; Small subunit rDNA

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA;

EID: 0036057446     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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