Sedimentation velocity of Loxodes striatus immobilized by MnCl2

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-130

  Neugebauer, Dorothea Ch ^a   Machemer Röhnisch, Sigrun ^a   Machener, Hans ^a   Bräucker, Richard ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immobilization; Loxodes striatus (Protozoa, Ciliata); Sedimentation velocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345404286     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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