Small-subunit rRNA phylogenies suggest that Epalxella antiquorum (Penard, 1922) Corliss, 1960 (Ciliophora, Odontostomatida) is a member of the plagyopylea

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 436-442

  Stoeck, Thorsten ^a   Foissner, Wilhelm ^b   Lynn, Denis H ^c  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anoxic habitats; Armophorea; Bayesian analysis; Ciliated protozoa; Ciliates; Environmental isolates; Epalxella; Epalxellidae; Lake Alat; Plagiopylea; SSrRNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CILIATE; GENE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CILIOPHORA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE;

ALAT LAKE; BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

CILIOPHORA; EPALXELLA; EPALXELLIDAE; MYXOZOA; ODONTOSTOMATIDA; PLAGIOPYLA; PLAGIOPYLIDAE; PROTOZOA; TRIMYEMA; TRIMYEMIDAE;

EID: 34848852037     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2007.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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