The unusual, lepidosome-coated resting cyst of Meseres corlissi (Ciliophora: Oligotrichea): Transmission electron microscopy and phylogeny

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-230

  Foissner, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ciliate classification; Metacyst; New fixation method; Pericyst; Phylogeny; Stichotrichs

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; HALTERIIDAE; OLIGOTRICHIA; OXYTRICHA; SPIROTRICHEA;

EID: 24344458094     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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