Identification of synapomorphic characters in the genus Sarcocystis based on 18S rDNA sequence comparison

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 388-392

  Jeffries, Alex C ^a   Schnitzler, Beate ^a,d   Otto Heydorn, A ^b   Johnson, Alan M ^a   Tenter, Astrid M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Cyst forming coccidia; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; CANIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; COCCIDIA; FELIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS ARIETICANIS; SARCOCYSTIS CAPRACANIS; SARCOCYSTIS FUSIFORMIS; SARCOCYSTIS GIGANTEA; SARCOCYSTIS MOULEI; SARCOCYSTIS TENELLA;

EID: 0031240064     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1997.tb05713.x     Document Type: Article

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