Polynucleobacter: Symbiotic bacteria in ciliates compensate for a genetic disorder in glycogenolysis

Symbiosis

Volumn 44, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 85-91

  Vannini, Claudia ^a   Lucchesi, Samuele ^a   Rosati, Giovanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Euplotes; Glycogen; Polynucleobacter; Prokaryotic eukaryotic interactions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CILIATE; COMPENSATION; ENZYME; METABOLISM; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES AEDICULATUS; EUPLOTES HARPA; POLYNUCLEOBACTER; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34347336277     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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