Auto-/heterotrophic endosymbiosis evolves in a mature stage of ecosystem development in a microcosm composed of an alga, a bacterium and a ciliate

BioSystems

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-135

  Nakajima, Toshiyuki ^a   Sano, Akiko ^a   Matsuoka, Hideaki ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorella; Ecosystem development; Endosymbiosis; Evolution; Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CILIATE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENDOSYMBIONT; EVOLUTION; GREEN ALGA; MICROCOSM; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYXOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 63749115548     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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