Cortical symbionts and hydrogenosomes of the amitochondriate protist Staurojoenina assimilis

Symbiosis

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-168

  Wier, Andrew M ^a   Dolan, Michael F ^b   Margulis, Lynn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeprotists; Candidatus Cuticobacterium kirbyi; Caribbean termites; Citrobacter epibionts; Hypermastigotes; Neotermes; Parabasal plates; Protist surface striations

Indexed keywords

SYMBIOSIS;

ARCHEZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS CUTICOBACTERIUM KIRBYI; CITROBACTER; DOMINGOA HAEMATOCHILA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; NEOTERMES; NEOTERMES MONA; PROTISTA;

EID: 2542445646     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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