Biology Reference
In-Depth Information
C
HAPTER
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C
HAPTER
SYMBIOSIS
I. SPONGES
338
II. ECHIUROID WORMS
341
III. CORALS
341
IV. ASCIDIANS
341
V. ALGAE
342
A) Diatoms
B) Dinofl agellates
VI.
FUNGI
346
A) Endocyanosis
B) Lichens
VII. BRYOPHYTES
367
i) Genetic diversity of
Nostoc
strains
ii) Reconstitution of symbiosis
in vitro
iii) Structural and physiological changes in the symbiont
VIII.
AZOLLA
374
i) Isolation and cultivation of the symbiont
ii) Exchange of nutrients during symbiosis
IX. CYCADS
383
i) Cyanobionts
ii) Infection process
iii) Diversity of
Nostoc
strains
