Ultrastructure of the harmful unarmored dinoflagellate cochlodinium polykrikoides (Dinophyceae) with reference to the apical groove and flagellar apparatus

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 308-321

  Iwataki, Mitsunori ^a,b   Hansen, Gert ^b   Moestrup, Øjvind ^b   Matsuoka, Kazumi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eyespot; Gymnodinium; morphology; nuclear pore; parasitic bacteria; phylogeny; pusule; ventral connective

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST; DINOFLAGELLATE; EYE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TOXIC ORGANISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DINOFLAGELLATE; FLAGELLUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; FLAGELLA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COCHLODINIUM; COCHLODINIUM POLYKRIKOIDES; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; GYMNODINIUM;

EID: 77954601515     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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