A study of corpuscular DNA and midgut gland occupancy by putative symbiotic elements in Pomacea canaliculata (Caenogastropoda, Ampullariidae)

Symbiosis

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-45

  Vega, I A ^a   Gamarra Luques, C ^a   Koch, E ^a   Bussmann, L E ^b   Castro Vazquez, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^b INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Applesnails; Bacteria; Endosymbiosis; Gastropoda; Molluscs

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDOSYMBIONT; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; SNAIL;

AMPULLARIIDAE; CAENOGASTROPODA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; POMACEA CANALICULATA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 23944461960     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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