Cryptophyte algae are robbed of their organelles by the marine ciliate Mesodinium rubrum

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6790, 2000, Pages 1049-1052

  Gustafson Jr , Daniel E ^a   Stoecker, Diane K ^a   Johnson, Matthew D ^a   Van Heukelem, William F ^a   Sneider, Kerri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CILIATE; FEEDING; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; CHLOROPHYLL; CILIOPHORA; ORGANELLES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; CHIMAERA; CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MESODINIUM RUBRUM; MYRIONECTA; MYRIONECTA RUBRA;

EID: 0343090453     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35016570     Document Type: Article

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