Ultrastructure of Trimastix convexa hollande, an amitochondriate anaerobic flagellate with a previously undescribed organization

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-130

  Brugerolle, Guy ^a   Patterson, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydrogenosome; Phylogeny; Protozoa; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ARCHEZOA; DIPLOMONADIDA; HETEROLOBOSEA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OXYMONADIDA; PERCOLOMONAS; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; RETORTAMONADIDAE; TETRAMITUS; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRIMASTIX;

EID: 0030789919     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(97)80029-6     Document Type: Article

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