Analysis of intraspecific sequence variation among eight isolates of the rumen symbiont, Isotricha prostoma (Ciliophora), from two continents

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 445-446

  Wright, André Denis G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

5.8S; Balantidium; Ciliates; Cryptocaryon; Ichthyophthirius; ITS 1; ITS 2; Litostoma tea

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS; UNITED STATES;

BALANTIDIUM; CRYPTOCARYON; ICHTHYOPHTHIRIUS; ISOTRICHA PROSTOMA;

EID: 0033167241     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1999.tb04627.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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