Comparison of plastid 16S rRNA (rrn16) genes from Helicosporidium spp.: Evidence supporting the reclassification of Helicosporidia as green algae (Chlorophyta)

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1719-1723

  Tartar, Aurélien ^a   Boucias, Drion G ^a   Becnel, James J ^b   Adams, Byron J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; PLANT DNA; RNA 16S;

ALGAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLORELLA; CHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES; CHLOROPLAST GENETICS; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GREEN ALGA; HELICOSPORIDIUM; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NEW GENUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOTHECA ZOPFII; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SISTER GROUP; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREE;

ALGAE, GREEN; CHLORELLA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; PROTOTHECA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ALGAE; AUXENOCHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HELICOSPORIDIUM; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOTHECA; PROTOTHECA ZOPFII; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0344034210     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02559-0     Document Type: Article

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