Comments on the taxonomic treatment of Micractinium reisseri (Chlorellaceae, Trebouxiophyceae), a common endosymbiont in Paramecium

Phycological Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 269-272

  Hoshina, Ryo ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydra; Micractinium reisseri; Paramecium bursaria; Symbionts; Zoochlorella conductrix

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLORELLACEAE; CILIOPHORA; HYDRA; HYDROZOA; MICRACTINIUM; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE; ZOOCHLORELLA;

EID: 80054044110     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: 14401835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2011.00625.x     Document Type: Note

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