Food vacuole contents in the ciliate, Balantidium jocularum (Balantididae), a symbiont in the intestine of the surgeonfish, Naso tonganus (Acanthuridae)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-274

  Grim, J Norman ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cytoproct; Defecation; Digestion; Epulopiscium; Euglenid flagellates; Food vacuoles; Spirilliform bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CILIATE; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; SYMBIONT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BALANTIDIUM; CELL VACUOLE; EUGLENA; INTESTINE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BALANTIDIUM; EUGLENIDA; INTESTINES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PERCIFORMES; SYMBIOSIS; VACUOLES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; LIZARD ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ACANTHURIDAE; ACANTHURUS MONROVIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BALANTIDIUM; CILIOPHORA; EPULOPISCIUM FISHELSONI; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NASO TONGANUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33745621576     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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