Only six kingdoms of life

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1545, 2004, Pages 1251-1262

  Cavalier Smith, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amoebozoa; Environmental PCR; Eukaryote phylogeny; Gregarines; Kingdoms of life; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

BIODIVERSITY; MICROORGANISM; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SPECIES;

AMOEBOZOA; APUSOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERCOZOA; EUKARYOTA; GREGARINIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 2942741365     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2705     Document Type: Article

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