Phylogenetic position of endosymbiotic green algae in Paramecium bursaria Ehrenberg from Japan

Plant Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 447-453

  Hoshina, R ^a   Kamako, S I ^a   Imamura, N ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Chlorella; Endosymbiont; ITS; Paramecium bursaria; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ENDOSYMBIONT; GREEN ALGA; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAMECIUM; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLORELLA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; JAPAN; PARAMECIUM; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PARACHLORELLA KESSLERI; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM BURSARIA; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 3242683482     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-820888     Document Type: Article

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