Fine structure of the plastids retained by the foraminifer Elphidium excavatum (Terquem)

Symbiosis

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-26

  Correia, Maria J ^a   Lee, John J ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal plastids; Chloroplast enslavement; Chloroplast husbandry; Elphidium excavatum; Fine structure of retained chloroplasts; Foraminifera; Kleptoplastids; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; FORAMINIFERA; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; PLASTID; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMPHIDINIUM; AMPHORA COFFEIFORMIS; DUNALIELLA SALINA; ELPHIDIUM EXCAVATUM;

EID: 0036188723     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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