Genetic evidence of "American" and "European" type symbiotic algae of Poramecium bursaria Ehrenberg

Plant Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 526-532

  Hoshina, R ^a   Kato, Y ^a   Kamako, S ^a   Imamura, N ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

"American"; "European"; 18S rDNA; Chlorella; ITS; Paramecium bursaria; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S; SPACER DNA;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; PARAMECIUM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; DNA, INTERGENIC; PARAMECIUM; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; BURSARIA (CILIATA); CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLOROPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA;

EID: 25844509256     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-865912     Document Type: Article

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