The phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and phylogenetic classification on protozoa

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 297-354

  Cavalier Smith, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amoebozoa and opisthokonts; Centriolar roots of bikonts; Corticata; Excavata; Rhizaria; Symbiogenetic origin of mitochondria

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RIBOSOME RNA; STEROL;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SPECIFICITY; CENTRIOLE; CENTROSOME; CHLOROPLAST; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FLAGELLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GREEN ALGA; LIFE CYCLE; MICROTUBULE; MITOCHONDRION; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PLANT; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RED ALGA; RETICULOPODIUM; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALGAE; ALVEOLATA; AMOEBOZOA; ANIMALIA; APUSOZOA; APUSOZOA PHYLUM; ARCHAEA; ARCHEZOA; ASCETOSPORA; ASCETOSPOREA CLASSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIKONTA; CERCOZOA; CHIMAERIFORMES; CHLOROPHYTA; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; CHROMISTA; CILIOPHORA; CORTICATA; DINOPHYCEAE; DISCICRISTATA; EUGLENIDA; EUKARYOTA; EXCAVATA; FUNGI; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; GLAUCOCYSTOPHYCEAE; HELIOZOA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEGIBACTERIA; PARABASALIDEA; PHALANSTERIUM; PLANTAE; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; RETARIA; RETARIA PHYLUM; RHIZARIA; RHODOPHYTA; SARCOMASTIGOTA; UNCULTURED ALPHA PROTEOBACTERIUM; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0036208071     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-52-2-297     Document Type: Review

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