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Microanatomy of the trophosome region of Paracatenula cf. polyhymnia (Catenulida, Platyhelminthes) and its intracellular symbionts

Marine catenulid platyhelminths of the genus Paracatenula lack mouth, pharynx and gut. They live in a symbiosis with intracellular bacteria which are restricted to the body region posterior to the brain. The symbiont-housing cells (bacteriocytes) collectively form the trophosome tissue, which functi...

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Autores principales: Leisch, Nikolaus, Dirks, Ulrich, Gruber-Vodicka, Harald R., Schmid, Markus, Sterrer, Wolfgang, Ott, Jörg A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3213344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22131640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00435-011-0135-y