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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Blue-green algalike cells associated with the tunic of Ciona intestinalis L.

Eleonora PatricoloGiacomo De Leo

subject

animal structuresHistologybiologyfungiZoologyCell Biologybiology.organism_classificationCyanobacteriaPathology and Forensic MedicineCiona intestinalisAlgaeembryonic structuresAnimalsCiona intestinalisUrochordataSymbiosis

description

Certain organisms resembling blue-green algae embedded in the tunic of the solitary ascidian Ciona intestinalis L. are described. Their probable symbiotic role as related to the peculiar habitat of this ascidian is suggested.

10.1007/bf00234036https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6777043