Unicellular cyanobionts in open ocean dinoflagellates, radiolarians, and tintinnids: Ultrastructural characterization and immuno-localization of phycoerythrin and nitrogenase

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 453-463

  Foster, Rachel A ^a   Carpenter, Edward J ^b   Bergman, Birgitta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cyanobiont; Nitrogenase; Phycoerythrin; Symbioses

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CODONELLA; CYANOBACTERIA; DICTYOCORYNE TRUNCATUM; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; HISTIONEIS; ORNITHOCERCUS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS SP.; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS); TINTINNIDA;

EID: 33645229078     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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