Linkage between light microscopic observations and molecular analysis by single cell PCR for ciliates

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 356-359

  Shimano, Satoshi ^a   Sanbe, Mitsuo ^a   Kasahara, Yasuhiro ^b  

^a MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

18S rRNA gene; Ciliates; Light microscopic analysis; Single cell PCR; Uncultured cell

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; STICHOTRICHIA;

EID: 67449134246     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME08532     Document Type: Article

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