Phylogenetic position of species in the genera Anoplophrya, Plagiotoma, and Nyctotheroides (phylum ciliophora), endosymbiotic ciliates of annelids and anurans

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-306

  Affa'a, Félix Marie ^a,d   Hickey, Donal A ^b   Strüder Kypke, Michaela ^c   Lynn, Denis H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d Univ de Yaoundé I ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Armophorea; Astome; Bufo americanus; Heterotrich; Lumbricus terrestris; Oligohymenophorea; Rana catesbiana; rRNA; Spirotrichea; Stichotrich

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

CILIATE; ENDOSYMBIONT; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; ECHINODERM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; ECHINODERMATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

ANNELIDA; ANOPLOPHRYA; ANOPLOPHRYA MARYLANDENSIS; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO AMERICANUS; CILIOPHORA; CLEVELANDELLIDA; LUMBRICUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; NYCTOTHEROIDES; NYCTOTHEROIDES DESLIERRESAE; NYCTOTHEROIDES PARVUS; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARAUROSTYLA WEISSEI; PLAGIOTOMA; PLAGIOTOMA LUMBRICI; PROTOZOA; RANA CATESBEIANA; SPIROTRICHEA;

EID: 2542488450     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2004.tb00570.x     Document Type: Article

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