Ultrastructure and Phylogenetic Placement within Heterolobosea of the Previously Unclassified, Extremely Halophilic Heterotrophic Flagellate Pleurostomum flabellatum (Ruinen 1938)

Protist

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 397-413

  Park, Jong S ^a   Simpson, Alastair G B ^b   Lee, Won J ^c   Cho, Byung C ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; extremely halophilic flagellate; Heterolobosea; protozoa; solar saltern; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACRASIS ROSEA; AMOEBA (GENUS); EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; HETEROLOBOSEA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NAEGLERIA; PLEUROSTOMUM; PROTOZOA; WILLAERTIA;

EID: 34347336591     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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