The search finds an end: Colpodidiids belong to the class Nassophorea (Ciliophora)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-102

  Breiner, Hans Werner ^a   Foissner, Wilhelm ^b   Stoeck, Thorsten ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Classification; Colpodea; Colpodidiida; Colpodidiidae; Colpodidium; Nassophorea; Phylogeny; SSrDNA

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CILIATE; DNA; FLOODPLAIN; NEW TAXON; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NAMIBIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOIL;

ANIMALS; BOTSWANA; CILIOPHORA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAMIBIA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOIL;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; CHOBE RIVER; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CILIOPHORA; COLPODEA; NASSOPHOREA;

EID: 40349098805     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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