Establishment of axenic endosymbiotic strains of Japanese Paramecium bursaria and the utilization of carbohydrate and nitrogen compounds by the isolated algae

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 193-202

  Kamako, Shin Ichiro ^a   Hoshina, Ryo ^a   Ueno, Seiko ^a   Imamura, Nobutaka ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axenic culture; DGGE; Endosymbiont; Nitrate utilization; Paramecium bursaria

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA;

EID: 22544445298     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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