Co-infection of the macronucleus of Paramecium caudatum by free-living bacteria together with the infectious Holospora obtusa

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 417-424

  Fokin, Sergei O ^a   Skovorodkin, Ilya N ^b   Schweikert, Michael ^c   Görtz, Hans D ^c  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Endocytobionts; Endonuclear bacteria; Infectivity; Intracellular bacteria; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIONT; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; HOLOSPORACEAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARAMECIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; HOLOSPORACEAE; PARAMECIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; HOLOSPORA OBTUSA; HOLOSPORACEAE; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM;

EID: 3142772484     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00388.x     Document Type: Article

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