Sessile ciliates with bacterial ectosymbionts from Twin Cays, Belize

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 509-530, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Ott, Jörg ^a   Bright, Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBON FIXATION; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CILIATE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MANGROVE;

BELIZE; CENTRAL AMERICA; STANN CREEK; TWIN CAYS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

VORTICELLA; ZOOTHAMNIUM NIVEUM;

EID: 15244340873     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5479/si.00775630.516.1     Document Type: Article

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