Distribution and phylogenetic relationships of freshwater thaumatomonads with a description of the new species Thaumatomonas coloniensis n. sp.

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-357

  Wylezich, Claudia ^a   Mylnikov, Alexander P ^b   Weitere, Markus ^a   Arndt, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b PAPANIN INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF INLAND WATERS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cercozoa; Flagellate diversity; Groundwater; Gyromitus; Imbricatea; Molecular phylogeny; Ribosomal RNA; Running waters; Silicofilosea

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ABUNDANCE; FLAGELLATE; HETEROTROPHY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOON;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRESH WATER; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

APPELDORN; CENTRAL EUROPE; COLOGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA; RHINE RIVER;

CERCOMONADIDAE; CERCOZOA; EUGLYPHIDA; HETEROMITIDAE; IMBRICATEA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); THAUMATOMONADIDA; THAUMATOMONAS;

EID: 34547396904     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2007.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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