Mixotrophy in Ciliates

Protist

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 621-641

  Esteban, Genoveva F ^a   Fenchel, Tom ^b   Finlay, Bland J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Marine Biological Laboratory   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chlorella; Mesodinium; Paramecium bursaria.; Sequestered chloroplasts; Symbiotic algae

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CHLORELLA; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHLORELLA; CILIOPHORA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLOROPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; MESODINIUM; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA; PROTISTA;

EID: 78649634669     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2010.08.002     Document Type: Review

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