Ultrastructure of the oral apparatus of Mesodinium rubrum from Korea

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 625-636

  Nam, Seung Won ^a   Shin, Woongghi ^a   Wayne Coats, D ^b   Park, Jong Woo ^c   Yih, Wonho ^c  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cirrus; cytopharynx; extrusome; kinetosome; oral apparatus; tentacle

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANATOMY; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CHLOROPLAST; CILIATE; CYTOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTID; TAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SOUTH KOREA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CILIOPHORA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEAWATER;

GOMSO BAY; KOREA; NORTH CHOLLA; SOUTH KOREA;

CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; GEMINIGERA CRYOPHILA; MESODINIUM; MESODINIUM RUBRUM; TELEAULAX;

EID: 84868660692     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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