Devescovinid trichomonad with axostyle-based rotary motor ('Rubberneckia'): Taxonomic assignment as Caduceia versatilis sp. nov.

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 327-337

  D'Ambrosio, Ugo ^a   Dolan, Michael ^a   Wier, Andrew M ^a   Margulis, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amitochondriate protists; Endonuclear bacteria; Eukaryotic rotational motility; Karyomastigonts; Trichomonad evolution

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARCHEZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CADUCEIA; CADUCEIA VERSATILIS; CRYPTOTERMES; CRYPTOTERMES CAVIFRONS; DEVESCOVINIDAE; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PARABASALIDEA; PROTISTA;

EID: 0033569571     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(99)80011-X     Document Type: Article

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