Taxonomic redescriptions of two ciliates, Protogastrostyla pulchra n. g., n. comb. and Hemigastrostyla enigmatica (Ciliophora: Spirotrichea, Stichotrichia), with phylogenetic analyses based on 18S and 28S rRNA gene sequences

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 468-478

  Gong, Jun ^a,b,c   Kim, Se Joo ^a   Kim, Sun Young ^a   Min, Gi Sik ^a   Roberts, David McL ^b   Warren, Alan ^b   Choi, Joong Ki ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Classification; Molecular systematics; Morphology and infraciliature; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S; RNA 28S; SEA WATER;

CILIATE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CILIOPHORA; GASTROSTYLA; GASTROSTYLA STEINII; HEMIGASTROSTYLA ENIGMATICA; OXYTRICHIDAE; SPIROTRICHEA; STICHOTRICHIA; STICHOTRICHIDA;

EID: 36749027171     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2007.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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