Well-established mutualistic associations between ciliates and prokaryotes might be more widespread and diversified than so far supposed

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 481-485

  Vannini, Claudia ^a   Petroni, Giulio ^a   Schena, Angela ^a   Verni, Franco ^a   Rosati, Giovanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Devosia; Epixenosomes; Euplotidae; Polynucleobacter; Rickettsia; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; DEVOSIA; DIOPHRYS; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES MAGICIRRATUS; EUPLOTIDAE; EUPLOTIDIUM; POLYNUCLEOBACTER; PROKARYOTA; PROSTHECOBACTER; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTOZOA; RICKETTSIA; VERRUCOMICROBIA;

EID: 0842307448     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0932-4739-00024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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