The intracellular cyanobacteria of Paulinella chromatophora: endosymbionts or organelles?

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 295-296

  Bodył, Andrzej ^a   Mackiewicz, Paweł ^a   Stiller, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LETTER; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PAULINELLA CHROMATOPHORA; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED ALGA; SYMBIOSIS;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; CYANOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION; ORGANELLES; SYMBIOSIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; PAULINELLA; PAULINELLA CHROMATOPHORA;

EID: 34347357371     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2007.05.002     Document Type: Letter

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