Are hydrothermal vents oases for parasitic protists?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 556-558

  Moreira, David ^a   López García, Purificación ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S; SEA WATER; WATER;

ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FLAGELLATE; GENETICS; HOST; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; KINETOPLASTIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PERKINSEA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; SYNDINIALES;

EID: 0344874612     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2003.09.013     Document Type: Letter

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