Infection of algae-free Climacostomum virens with symbiotic Chlorella sp. isolated from algae-containing C. virens

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-146

  Karajan, Bella P ^a   Vishnyakov, Andrey E ^b   Tavrovskaya, Marina V ^a   Vasyanin, Sergey I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Algal endosymbiosis; Chlorella sp.; Climacostomum virens; Infection experiment; Symbiotic algae

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLORELLA SP.; CILIOPHORA; CLIMACOSTOMUM; CLIMACOSTOMUM VIRENS;

EID: 34249340825     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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