Porpostoma guamensis n. sp., a Philasterine scuticociliate associated with Brown-band disease of corals

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-113

  Lobban, Christopher S ^a   Raymundo, Laurie M ^b   Montagnes, David J S ^c  

^a University of 0Guam   (Guam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acropora; ciliate; coral reefs; division pattern; zooxanthellae

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CILIATE; CORAL; CYST; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LABORATORY METHOD; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PARASITIC DISEASE; TAXONOMY; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CILIOPHORA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; CILIOPHORA; PORPOSTOMA;

EID: 79952788405     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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