A Multigene Analysis of Corallomyxa tenera sp. nov. Suggests its Membership in a Clade that Includes Gromia, Haplosporidia and Foraminifera

Protist

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 457-472

  Tekle, Yonas I ^a   Grant, Jessica ^a   Cole, Jeffrey C ^b   Nerad, Thomas A ^c   Anderson, O Roger ^d   Patterson, David J ^e   Katz, Laura A ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Protistology Department   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

amoeba; Corallomyxa; multigene analysis; protist; SSU rDNA

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA (GENUS); AMOEBOZOA; CORALLOMYXA; EUKARYOTA; FORAMINIFERA; GROMIA; HAPLOSPORIDIA; LOBOSEA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); PROTISTA; RHIZARIA; SARCODINA;

EID: 36349001148     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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