Association of Paramecium bursaria Chlorella viruses with Paramecium bursaria cells: Ultrastructural studies

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-159

  Yashchenko, Varvara V ^a,b   Gavrilova, Olga V ^a   Rautian, Maria S ^a   Jakobsen, Kjetill S ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ciliary pit; Cortex; Endosymbionts; Paramecium bursaria; Paramecium bursaria Chlorella virus; Virus cycle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; PARAMECIUM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ATTACHMENT;

CHLORELLA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PARAMECIUM; VIRION; VIRUS ATTACHMENT;

CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA VIRUS; CHLORELLACEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84859007695     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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