Culture of the heterotrophic dinoflagellate Protoperidinium crassipes (Dinophyceae) with noncellular food items

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1090-1092

  Yamaguchi, Aika ^a   Horiguchi, Takeo ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Culture; Heterotrophic dinoflagellate; Pallium feeding; Protoperidinium

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; PROTOPERIDINIUM; PROTOPERIDINIUM CRASSIPES;

EID: 48749100816     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00547.x     Document Type: Article

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