Widespread distribution of a unique marine protistan lineage

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1621-1634

  Cuvelier, Marie L ^a,b   Ortiz, Alejandra ^b   Kim, Eunsoo ^d   Moehlig, Heike ^b   Richardson, David E ^b   Heidelberg, John F ^c   Archibald, John M ^d   Worden, Alexandra Z ^a,b  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYCOBILIN; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOON;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOGRAPHY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYCOBILINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BILIPHYTA; CRYPTOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 43449106779     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01580.x     Document Type: Article

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