Morphology and physiology of the marine straminipilan fungi, the aplanochytrids isolated from the equatorial Indian Ocean

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 326-340

  Damare, Varada ^a   Raghukumar, Seshagiri ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Aplanochytrids; Indian Ocean; Labyrinthulomycetes; Straminipila; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; COLONY; ENZYME; FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; TAXONOMY; ZOOPLANKTON;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

APLANOCHYTRIUM YORKENSIS; FUNGI; LABYRINTHULIDA; PROTISTA; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE;

EID: 34249300818     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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