Perkinsozoa, a well-known marine protozoan flagellate parasite group, newly identified in lacustrine systems: A review

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 659, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-48

  Mangot, Jean François ^a,b   Debroas, Didier ^b   Domaizon, Isabelle ^a  

^a UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Eukaryotic parasites; Marine and lacustrine systems; Perkinsozoa

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; FLAGELLATE; HETEROTROPHY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL LOOP; MOLLUSC; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EUKARYOTA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MOLLUSCA; PERKINSEA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 79959822829     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0268-x     Document Type: Review

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