Phylogenetic placement of Trichonympha

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 445-447

  Dacks, Joel B ^a   Redfield, Rosemary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolution of sex; Hypermastigote; Small subunit ribosomal RNA; Termite hindgut symbiont; Trichomonads; Zootermopsis angusticollis

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RNA; ZOOTERMOPSIS ANGUSTICOLLIS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTIST; TAXONOMY;

HYPERMASTIGIDA; ISOPTERA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHONYMPHA; ZOOTERMOPSIS ANGUSTICOLLIS;

EID: 0032128233     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb05097.x     Document Type: Article

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