The unusual, lepidosome-coated resting cyst of Meseres corlissi (Ciliophora: Oligotrichea): Light and scanning electron microscopy, cytochemistry

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 201-215

  Foissner, Wilhelm ^a   Müller, Helga ^b   Weisse, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b Private Laboratory   (Germany)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brochosomes; Cicadellidae; Colpodea; Encystment; Haptorida; Organic scales; Plankton ciliates; Protozoa; Trachelophyllida

Indexed keywords

CICADELLIDAE; CILIOPHORA; COLPODEA; CRYPTOMONAS; CRYPTOMONAS SP.; HALTERIA GRANDINELLA; HAPTORIDA; OLIGOTRICHIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 17944377412     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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