Prototheca richardsi, a pathogen of anuran larvae, is related to a clade of protistan parasites near the animal-fungal divergence

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1777-1784

  Baker, Gillian C ^a   Beebee, Trevor J C ^a   Ragan, Mark A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anuran growth inhibition; Anurofeca; Ichthyosporea; Prototheca

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA PURIFICATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOTHECA RICHARDSI; TADPOLE;

ANUROFECA; PROTOTHECA RICHARDSI;

EID: 0032790577     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-7-1777     Document Type: Article

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