Recovery of the ciliate Paramecium multimicronucleatum following bacterial infection with Holospora obtusa

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-138

  Fokin, Sergei I ^a,d   Schweikert, Michael ^b   Fujishima, Masahiro ^c  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endocytobiosis; Holospora obtusa; Infection; Nocodazole; Paramecium multimicronucleatum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; HOLOSPORA OBTUSA; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM; PARAMECIUM MULTIMICRONUCLEATUM;

EID: 17844386844     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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