Gymnophrys cometa and Lecythium sp. are Core Cercozoa: Evolutionary implications

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 183-190

  Nikolaev, Sergey I ^a   Berney, Cédric ^b   Fahrni, José ^b   Mylnikov, Alexander P ^c   Aleshin, Vladimir V ^a   Petrov, Nikolai B ^a   Pawlowski, Jan ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c PAPANIN INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF INLAND WATERS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cercozoa; Granuloreticulosea; Gymnophrys cometa; Lecythium sp.; Molecular phylogeny; SSU rRNA

Indexed keywords

ATHALAMEA; CERCOZOA; CHLORARACHNIOPHYCEAE; EUGLYPHIDA; FORAMINIFERA; GRANULORETICULOSEA; GYMNOPHRYS; GYMNOPHRYS COMETA; LECYTHIUM; LECYTHIUM SP.; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PLASMODIOPHORIDA; PLATYCRISTATA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0042352477     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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