Encystment-inducing factors in the ciliate Euplotes elegans

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 741-746

  Tomaru, Akiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ciliate; Encystment; Food

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; EUPLOTES; FOOD; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STARVATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; EUPLOTES; FOOD; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; SOLUTIONS; STARVATION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTES;

EID: 0036629716     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.741     Document Type: Article

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