Polynucleobacter bacteria in the brackish-water species Euplotes harpa (ciliata hypotrichia)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 116-122

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Ciliates; Euplotes harpa; Polynucleobacter; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BRACKISH WATER; CILIATE; CYTOPLASM; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; PROTOZOAN; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; RNA; STRAIN RATE; SYMBIONT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES HARPA; HYPOTRICHIA; POLYNUCLEOBACTER; POLYNUCLEOBACTER NECESSARIUS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

FRESH WATER; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUPLOTES; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; EUPLOTES; FRESH WATER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 21844447878     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.04-3319.x     Document Type: Article

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