A molecular phylogenetic investigation of Zoothamnium (Ciliophora, Peritrichia, Sessilida)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 494-498

  Clamp, John C ^a   Williams, Daniel ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

18S small subunit rRNA; Phylogeny; Vorticella; Vorticellidae; Zoothamniidae

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CILIATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; SESSILE SPECIES; TOPOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, RRNA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

CILIOPHORA; CONVALLARIA; PERITRICHIA (CILIATES); SESSILIDA; VORTICELLA; VORTICELLA CONVALLARIA; VORTICELLA MICROSTOMA; VORTICELLIDAE; ZOOTHAMNIIDAE; ZOOTHAMNIUM; ZOOTHAMNIUM ARBUSCULA; ZOOTHAMNIUM NIVEUM;

EID: 33751358605     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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