Multigene phylogenies of clonal Spumella-like strains, a cryptic heterotrophic nanoflagellate, isolated from different geographical regions

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 716-724

  Stoeck, Thorsten ^a   Jost, Steffen ^a,b   Boenigk, Jens ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME DNA; FRESH WATER; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 5.8S; SEA WATER; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAGELLATE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SPUMELLA; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROTROPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; SOIL;

MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); SPUMELLA;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; MASTIGOPHORA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; TUBULIN;

EID: 44449108331     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65310-0     Document Type: Article

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