Identification of the bacterial endosymbionts of the marine ciliate Euplotes magnicirratus (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia) and proposal of 'Candidatus Devosia euplotis'

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1151-1156

  Vannini, Claudia ^a   Rosati, Giovanna ^a   Verni, Franco ^a   Petroni, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CILIATE; CYTOPLASM; DEVOSIA EUPLOTIS; ENDOSYMBIONT; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES MAGNICIRRATUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUPLOTES; GENES, RRNA; HYPHOMICROBIACEAE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; VACUOLES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS DEVOSIA EUPLOTIS; CILIOPHORA; DEVOSIA; EUPLOTES; EUPLOTES MAGNICIRRATUS; HYPOTRICHIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 4344573088     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02759-0     Document Type: Article

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