The unusual, lepidosome-coated resting cyst of Meseres corlissi (Ciliophora: Oligotrichea): Encystment and genesis and release of the lepidosomes

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 323-338

  Foissner, Wilhelm ^a   Pichler, Maria ^b   Al Rasheid, Kahled ^c   Weisse, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cystic ciliates; Exocytosis; Oligotrichine ciliates; Strombidium oculatum; Transmission electron microscopy; Vegetative ciliates; Volume relationship

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; MESERES CORLISSI; OLIGOTRICHIA; STROMBIDIUM OCULATUM;

EID: 33845506650     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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