Frequency and biodiversity of symbionts in representatives of the main classes of Ciliophora

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-148

  Fokin, Sergei I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Ectosymbionts; Endosymbionts; Holospora like bacteria; Paramecium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIODIVERSITY; CILIATE; EUKARYOTE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODIVERSITY; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; SYMBIOSIS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; HETEROTRICHEA; HETEROTRICHIDA; HOLOSPORA; KINETOPLASTIDA; MICROSPORIDIA; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARAMECIUM; PHYLLOPHARYNGEA; PROKARYOTA; PROSTOMATEA; PROTISTA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 84859003246     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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