Confocal microscopy of the light organ crypts in juvenile Euprymna scolopes reveals their morphological complexity and dynamic function in symbiosis

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 555-568

  Sycuro, Laura K ^a,b   Ruby, Edward G ^a   McFall Ngai, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Euprymna scolopes; Light organ; Symbiosis; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPOD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ANIMALS; DECAPODIFORMES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; SEPIOLIDAE; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 33646345826     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10422     Document Type: Article

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