Spirostomum spp. (Ciliophora, Protista), a suitable system for endocytobiosis research

Protoplasma

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 93-102

  Fokin, S I ^a,b,c   Schweikert, M ^b   Brummer F ^b   Gortz H D ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endocytobiosis; In situ hybridization; Intracellular bacteria; Intranuclear bacteria; Spirostomum; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CILIATE; CYTOPLASM; DNA PROBE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENETICS; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CILIOPHORA; CYTOPLASM; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOCYTOSIS; GERMANY; ITALY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTES; HETEROTRICHEA; PARAMECIUM; POSIBACTERIA; PROTISTA; SPIROSTOMUM; SPIROSTOMUM AMBIGUUM; SPIROSTOMUM MINUS;

EID: 18644383450     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-004-0078-y     Document Type: Article

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