Phylum-specific environmental DNA analysis reveals remarkably high global biodiversity of Cercozoa (Protozoa)

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2393-2404

  Bass, David ^a   Cavalier Smith, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; CLADISTICS; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ECOSYSTEM; FORAMINIFER; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES HABITAT; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CERCOZOA; CILIOPHORA; FORAMINIFERA; METOPION; METROMONAS; PROTOZOA; SPONGOMONAS; SUCTORIA;

EID: 2942711218     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63229-0     Document Type: Article

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