The excavate protozoan phyla Metamonada Grassé emend. (Anaeromonadea, Parabasalia, Carpediemonas, Eopharyngia) and Loukozoa emend. (Jakobea, Malawimonas): Their evolutionary affinities and new higher taxa

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1741-1758

  Cavalier Smith, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROMONADEA; CARPEDIEMONAS; CELL ADHESION; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRIOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOPHARYNGIA; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FLAGELLATE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOLGI COMPLEX; GREEN ALGA; HYPOTHESIS; JAKOBEA; MALAWIMONAS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOPHYLY; NEW GENUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARABASALIA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLUM; PLASTID; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SYMBIOSIS; TAXONOMIC RANK;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TERMINOLOGY;

ALGAE; APUSOZOA; CABOZOA; CARPEDIEMONAS; CERCOZOA; CHLOROPHYTA; COLLODICTYON; DIPLOMONADIDA; DISCICRISTATA; EUGLENOZOA; EUKARYOTA; EXCAVATA; HETEROLOBOSEA; MALAWIMONAS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OXYMONADIDA; PARABASALIDEA; PREAXOSTYLA; PROTOZOA; RETARIA; RETORTAMONADIDAE; RETORTAMONAS; RHIZARIA; TRIMASTIX;

EID: 0003265745     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02548-0     Document Type: Review

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