Ultrastructural description of Breviata anathema, N. gen., N. Sp., the organism previously studied as "Mastigamoeba invertens"

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-78

  Walker, Giselle ^a,b   Dacks, Joel B ^a,c   Martin Embley, T ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Covarion; Covariotide; Eukaryote; Evolution; Hydrogenosome; Protist; Protista; Rate heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FLAGELLUM; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLAGELLA; HYDROGEN; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGANELLES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

AMOEBOZOA; APUSOMONADIDAE; EUKARYOTA; MASTIGAMOEBA INVERTENS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PELOBIONTIDA; PROTISTA;

EID: 33644821833     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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