A bacterium belonging to the Rickettsiaceae family inhabits the cytoplasm of the marine ciliate Diophrys appendiculata (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 434-442

  Vannini, C ^a   Petroni, G ^a   Verni, F ^a   Rosati, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIONT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CILIATE; ECOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIACEAE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIACEAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SYMBIOSIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; DIOPHRYS; DIOPHRYS APPENDICULATA; HIRUDINIDA; HYPOTRICHIA; PROTOZOA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIALES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 23644442538     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-004-0055-1     Document Type: Article

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