FLUTAX facilitates visualization of the ciliature of oxytrichid hypotrichs

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-172

  Arregui, Lucía ^a   Muñoz Fontela, César ^a   Guinea, Almudena ^a   Serrano, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fluorescent Paclitaxel; FLUTAX; Identification of ciliates; Oxytrichids; Staining methods; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; HYPOTRICHIA; STERKIELLA; STERKIELLA CAVICOLA;

EID: 0042850314     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0932-4739-00907     Document Type: Article

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